How common is the last name Franklin?

115,358 people in the United States have the last name Franklin, about 1 in 2,591. It ranks #264 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FRANKLIN

#264

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
115,358
About
1 in 2,591
This common or more
25.3%
Who bears it

Of the 115,358 people with the last name Franklin, 52.2% reported their origin as White, 37.6% as Black and 5.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Franklin

#262 Morrison · 115,546#263 Carlson · 115,532#265 Carr · 115,016#266 Jacobs · 114,905

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Franklin, most common first.

#20,218 Franken · 1,331#29,114 Franklyn · 867#40,323 Frankland · 586#41,581 Frankl · 564#41,581 Frankson · 564#56,084 Frankie · 394#74,224 Frankle · 281#87,019 Frankin · 230

Also a first name

As a first name, Franklin ranks #679 of 53,615, with 78,051 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1933, with 5,387 births. See Franklin as a first name

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