Franzén

surname · Latin script

/franse:n/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Franzén is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. In the Bahamas it is the 13th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 12K
  • USUnited States1 in 59K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Franzén itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,800 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
329 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

FranzénLatin(measured from records)
ฟรานเซนThai(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Fransen in NL Netherlands, BR Brazil, BS Bahamas, Franzen in US United States, DE Germany and Franssen in BE Belgium.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Franzén counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Franzén is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#928≈6,800 est.≈1 in 12K—Franzen135
SE Sweden#1016,4771 in 1.6K6.5KFranzén67
US United States—5,6211 in 59K5.6KFranzen329
NL Netherlands#924,762as Fransen1 in 3.6K4.8KFransen96
BR Brazil—2,2891 in 92K2.3KFransen14
BE Belgium#1722,027as Fransen1 in 5.8K2KFranssen72
BS Bahamas#13≈34 est.≈1 in 9.8K—Fransen2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Franzén is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Franzèn, Franzen

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Switzerland

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Franzen

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States

    Also written Franzen

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Frans Michael Franzén, b. 1772Nils-Olof Franzén, b. 1916Anders Franzén, b. 1918Tommy Franzen, b. 1938Seija Simola, b. 1944Torkel Franzén, b. 1950Carin Franzén, b. 1962Peter Franzén, b. 1971Mathias Franzén, b. 1975Johan Franzén, b. 1979

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalHej ,Dear Franzén, (English)
InformalHej ,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Franzén
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—6.5K#145

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Franzén?
A machine transcription gives /franse:n/ (IPA) for Swedish.
In which country does Franzén have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.8 thousand people named Franzén in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled franzen.
Where is Franzén most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Franzén is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 1.6 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Franzén?
In Sweden, the national register counted 6,477 people named Franzén, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.
How common is Franzén compared with other names?
In Germany, Franzén is the 928th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Franzén” — the 928th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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