Franze
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Surname variant with apocope/-e: Fran(t)ze; 560 bearers
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈfɹænz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Franze is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 67K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 518K
- ARArgentina1 in 87K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 203 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 67K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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(measured from records)
Surname variant with apocope/-e: Fran(t)ze; 560 bearers. Map shows -ze vs -z vowel/consonant variants, with -e appearing only rarely.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Franze 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 67K | listed | Franze | 88 |
| US United States | 642 | 1 in 518K | 642 | Franze | 203 |
| AR Argentina | 524 | 1 in 87K | 524 | — | 1 |
| IT Italy | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 131K | listed | Franze | 19 |
| BR Brazil | 382 | 1 in 554K | 382 | — | 2 |
| AU Australia | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 110K | — | Franze | 62 |
| CH Switzerland | 59 | 1 in 142K | 59 | Franze | 9 |
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; the dfa-band-1 register; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the xinhua-italian-manual register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Franze is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, short for Französisch (only as a subject)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Patronym zu Rufname Franz, lat. Franciscus, ital. Francesco; auch Nebenform mit e-Antritt.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Franz < Franziskus; 560 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, zum Rufnamen Franz (aus Franciscus); belegt mit 120 Trägern
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Robert Franzeb. 1910CZCzech Roman Catholic priest
- Joachim Franzeb. 1918DEGerman navy officer and world war II U-boat commander
- Christa Franzeb. 1927DEGerman ballet dancer (1927-2009)
- Jan Křtitel Vladimír Franzeb. 1946CZCzech Roman Catholic priest
- Anthony J. Franzeb. 1970USAmerican writer
- Kristian Franzeb. 1976DEresearcher
- Paul Franzeb. 1982AUAustralian rugby league and rugby union footballer
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 642 | #35,096 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 628 | #34,150 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 626 | #38,120 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 524 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 382 | #21,578 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 59 | #16,414 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1 | — | — | — |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- Where does the name Franze come from?
- Surname variant with apocope/-e: Fran(t)ze; 560 bearers. Map shows -ze vs -z vowel/consonant variants, with -e appearing only rarely. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
- How do you pronounce Franze?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈfɹænz/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Franze mean?
- Recorded meaning: Surname variant with apocope/-e: Fran(t)ze; 560 bearers.
- In which country does Franze have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Franze in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled franze.
- How common is the name Franze?
- In the United States, the national register counted 642 people named Franze in 2010, about 1 in 518 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/franzeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Franze”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.