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Family name Frankel (Frankel , פרנקל , فرانكل) , across the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Frankel is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a common surname, Aruba, and Suriname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, Israel, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Frankel is the forename as well as the last name.