# Franken (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/franken/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A patronymic surname from Dutch, equivalent to English Franks or Frankson, for a descendant of a person named Frank

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,293 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,512 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 238,782 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.9% (1,331 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* Dutch Franken * German Franken * Yiddish [Term?] (Franken)

## Who carries it

Share of people named Franken in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Franken in the United States.

## People named Franken

- Al Franken, American comedian and politician (born 1951)
- Steven Franken, American actor (1932-2012)

## Similar surnames

Franklin, Francis, Franco, Frank, Franks, France, Franz, Frankel, Franke, Franzen, Franck, Frink.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.