How common is the surname DeFrank?

1,330 people in the United States had the surname DeFrank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,140 Americans. It ranked 20,088th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname DeFrank?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named DeFrank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname DeFrank getting more or less common?

More common. 1,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,330 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname DeFrank

An Italian surname, carried by 1,330 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DeFrank is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Americanized version of Di Francesco.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,330 people named DeFrank in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,140 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,273.

#20,088

rank among US surnames

1,330

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,599)

Who is named DeFrank

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named DeFrank identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like DeFrank

DeFrank has the Soundex code D165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D165.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname DeFrank come from?: Americanized version of Di Francesco.
How common is the surname DeFrank?: 1,330 people in the United States had the surname DeFrank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,140 Americans. It ranked 20,088th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname DeFrank?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named DeFrank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname DeFrank getting more or less common?: More common. 1,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,330 in 2010, up 4.5%.