Frankish
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Of or pertaining to the Franks
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/fɹæŋkɪʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Frankish is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 173K(inferred from the name graph)
- MKNorth Macedonia≈1 in 9.1K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 182K
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.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 106 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈380 people, est.
Highest-authority source
North Macedonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Of or pertaining to the Franks.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Frankish 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 173K | — | Frankish | 106 |
| MK North Macedonia | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 9.1K | — | Frankish | 1 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 385K | — | Frankish | 16 |
| AU Australia | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 182K | — | Frankish | 52 |
| US United States | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 5.2M | listed | Frankish | 67 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 317K | — | Frankish | 24 |
| ES Spain | 11 | 1 in 4.5M | 11 | Frankish | 7 |
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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Stanley Frankishb. 1872NZNew Zealand cricketer (1872-1909)
- Ernest Frankishb. 1876NZNew Zealand cricketer (1876-1962)
- Ronald Frankishb. 1925AUcricketer (1925-2013)
- Keith Frankishb. 1962GRBritish philosopher of mind, known for his illusionist stance
- Kevin Frankishb. 1964CACanadian journalist
- Pat FrankishGBBritish psychologist
- Adam Frankishresearcher
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 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 11 | #114,632 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 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
- What does the name Frankish mean, and where does it come from?
- Of or pertaining to the Franks. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Frankish?
- A machine transcription gives /fɹæŋkɪʃ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Frankish have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 381 people named Frankish in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled frankish.
- How common is the name Frankish?
- In Spain, the national register counted 11 people named Frankish, about 1 in 4.5 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/frankishThe 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, “Frankish”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.