How common is the surname Franzen?

5,621 people in the United States had the surname Franzen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,927 Americans. It ranked 6,100th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Franzen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Franzen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Franzen?

Jonathan Franzen, American writer, followed by Ulrich Franzen.

Where is the surname Franzen most common?

Wikidata records people named Franzen in the United States.

Is the surname Franzen getting more or less common?

More common. 5,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,621 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Franzen

A surname, carried by 5,621 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Franzen is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,621 people named Franzen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,927 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,436.

#6,100

rank among US surnames

5,621

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,827)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,094	Brenneman	5,629	54,849
#6,097	Westcott	5,626	54,878
#6,098	Coria	5,625	54,888
#6,100	Franzen	5,621	54,927
#6,102	Elizalde	5,620	54,937

Who is named Franzen

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

95% of people named Franzen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Franzens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jonathan Franzen
American writer, born 1959
Ulrich Franzen
American architect (1921–2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Franzen

Franzen has the Soundex code F652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F652.

Questions

How common is the surname Franzen?: 5,621 people in the United States had the surname Franzen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,927 Americans. It ranked 6,100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Franzen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Franzen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Franzen?: Jonathan Franzen, American writer, followed by Ulrich Franzen.
Where is the surname Franzen most common?: Wikidata records people named Franzen in the United States.
Is the surname Franzen getting more or less common?: More common. 5,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,621 in 2010, up 3.4%.