Franconia

loc · Latin script

Meaning: A cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Franconia is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 2.5Kas Franken(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 15Kas Franken
  • USUnited States1 in 45Kas Franke

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 Franconia 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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈9,300 named Franken, est.

Sources
253 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands, as Franken

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

FrankenLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Franken in DE Germany, NL Netherlands, BE Belgium and 3 more.

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)

A cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Franconia 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 Franconia is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈9,300 est.≈1 in 150K—Franken4
US United States—7,359as Franke1 in 45K7.4KFranconia253
NL Netherlands#1647,013as Franken1 in 2.5K7KFranken89
DE Germany—≈5,500 est.≈1 in 15KlistedFranken140
PL Poland—1,611as Franke1 in 24K857Franken1
BE Belgium—925as Franken1 in 13K925Franken39
CH Switzerland—432as Franke1 in 19K432Franken24

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Franconia is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Franconie, Françonia

  • Danish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Denmark, Sweden

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Franken, Frankén, Fränken

6 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Franconia is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, town, NH; district, Germany

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In English, Franconian Forest [Frankenwald]

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In English, mtn. range, Germany

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Franconia under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Franconia mean, and where does it come from?
A cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Franconia have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 9.3 thousand people named Franken in China, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Franconia most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling Franconia itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Netherlands's: the national register counts about 1 in 2.5 thousand people named Franken.
How common is the name Franconia?
In the United States, the national register counted 7,359 people named Franke in 2010, about 1 in 45 thousand residents.
How common is Franconia compared with other names?
In the Netherlands, Franconia is the 164th most common surname of 284,143 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, “Franconia” — the 164th most common surname in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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