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    The surname Frampton

    An English place surname, carried by 3,233 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F651

    Frampton: #9,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Frampton #9,978, 3,233 people Frampton: #9,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Frampton #9,978, 3,233 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frampton is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the name of the River Frome + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Frampton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,233 people named Frampton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,498 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,014.

    #9,978
    rank among US surnames
    3,233
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #9,878)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,969Bolyard3,23595,439
    #9,976Leitch3,23495,469
    #9,978Million3,23395,498
    #9,983Line3,23195,557
    #9,987Chavers3,23095,587

    Who is named Frampton

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

    92% of people named Frampton identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Framptons

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kenneth Frampton
      British architect, critic and historian (born 1930)
    • Hollis Frampton
      American filmmaker (1936-1984)
    • Dia Frampton
      American musician, born 1987

    Notable Framptons come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Frampton

    Frampton has the Soundex code F651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F651.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Frampton come from?
    From the name of the River Frome + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Frampton?
    3,233 people in the United States had the surname Frampton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,498 Americans. It ranked 9,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Frampton?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Frampton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Frampton?
    Kenneth Frampton, British architect, critic and historian (born 1930), followed by Hollis Frampton.
    Where is the surname Frampton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Frampton in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Frampton?
    Frampton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Frampton getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,233 in 2010, up 7.3%.