Franko
surname · Latin script
Meaning: männl. Vom., eindeutschende Schrei bung von
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈfɹæŋkoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Franko is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 145K(measured from records)
- SISlovenia1 in 4.8K
- SKSlovakia1 in 5.1K
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 States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 281 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.8K (inferred from the name graph)
2,301 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Slovenia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
männl. Vom., eindeutschende Schrei bung von
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Franko 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,301 | 1 in 145K | 2.3K | Franko | 281 |
| SK Slovakia | 1,064 | 1 in 5.1K | 1.1K | — | — |
| SI Slovenia | 434 | 1 in 4.8K | 434 | — | 7 |
| CA Canada | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 109K | 1 | Franko | 74 |
| PL Poland | 271 | 1 in 141K | 146 | — | 1 |
| CZ Czechia | 170 | 1 in 63K | 170 | — | 2 |
| IL Israel | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 56K | — | Franko | 14 |
| HR Croatia | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 41K | 2.6K | — | 2 |
2,301 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (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)
Franko is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
European
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
In Esperanto, franc (former monetary unit of Belgium and France)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In cim, lira (former currency of Italy)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, a lot, many
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Attālums, kura robežās pircējs ir atbrīvots no tiešiem izdevumiem, kas saistīti ar kravas iekraušanu un transportēšanu, jo šie izdevumi iekļauti preces cenā
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)
- Ivan Frankob. 1856UAUkrainian poet and writer (1856–1916)
- Nahan Frankob. 1861USAmerican conductor (1861–1930)
- Petro Frankob. 1890UAUkrainian academic and politician (1890–1941)
- Olga Frankob. 1896UAUkrainian writer
- Jure Frankob. 1962SIalpine skier
- Ramón Francob. 1963USnot in their usual namePuerto Rican actor (born 1963)
- Ney Francob. 1966BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian association football player
- Darío Francob. 1969ARnot in their usual nameArgentine footballer and manager
- Jean Frankob. 1979VEVenezuelan pornographic actor and model
- Alan Francob. 1996ARnot in their usual nameArgentine 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 69 sources across 36 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.3K | #13,263 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.1K | #13,421 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2K | #14,316 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 1.1K | — |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 434 | #772 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 170 | #9,953 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 146 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 146 | #21,891 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 125 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 125 | #24,564 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 89 | — |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- What are other forms of the name Franko?
- In the etymology graph, Franco, Pancho and Frens are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Franko?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈfɹæŋkoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Franko mean?
- Recorded meaning: männl. Vom., eindeutschende Schrei bung von
- In which country does Franko have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.3 thousand people named Franko, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled franko.
- Where is Franko most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Franko is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 4.8 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Franko?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,301 people named Franko in 2010, about 1 in 145 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Franko?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/frankoThe 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, “Franko”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.