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The FRANZEN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 5,436 5827 0.002 20
United States (1880 census) 365 12333 0.001 7
Change since 1880 +5071 +6506 +0.001 +13
Other Countries
Australia 47 26699 0 3
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for FRANZEN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Illinois 602 2129 0.005 48
Iowa 554 528 0.019 189
Wisconsin 515 1230 0.010 96
Minnesota 463 1181 0.009 94
California 430 6436 0.001 13
Top States for FRANZEN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Iowa 554 528 0.019 189
Nebraska 295 530 0.017 172
Wisconsin 515 1230 0.010 96
Minnesota 463 1181 0.009 94
Wyoming 37 1658 0.007 75

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called FRANZEN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called FRANZEN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called FRANZEN in Illinois than any other state, but you are more likely to find a FRANZEN by picking someone at random in Iowa than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of FRANZEN

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Sweden

Language of origin: Swedish

Ethnic origin: Scandinavian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the FRANZEN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the FRANZEN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of FRANZEN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 71 1.31
White (Hispanic) 67 1.23
Asian/Pacific 39 0.72
Native American/Alaskan 39 0.72
Black/African American 7 0.13
White (Caucasian) 5,213 95.9

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the FRANZEN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of FRANZEN in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of FRANZEN.

Similar names to FRANZEN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as FRANZEN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for FRANZEN

The following words are slight variants of FRANZEN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.