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Meaning of the nameFranck

Franck is a spelling of the name Frank, which means “member of the Germanic people of the Franks”.

Meaning

“member of the Germanic people of the Franks”

Meaning of the name Frank, of which Franck is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Frank

People (2022)
1,406
Rank in Brazil
#6,558
Median age
35 years
2010 Census
1,180
people

Franck in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Franck, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (380 people).

0 women 1,400 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Franck is most common

States with the highest share of people named Franck in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Amazonas 0.004%
  2. Pará 0.002%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará1730.002%
Amazonas1730.004%
São Paulo1250.000%
Minas Gerais1220.001%
Maranhão970.001%
Rio Grande do Sul960.001%
Bahia800.001%
Rio de Janeiro760.001%
Santa Catarina740.001%
Amapá700.010%
Paraná380.000%
Mato Grosso320.001%
Goiás300.000%
Ceará290.000%
Distrito Federal230.001%
Espírito Santo210.001%
Rio Grande do Norte190.001%
Roraima190.003%
Paraíba170.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul170.001%
Rondônia170.001%
Alagoas150.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Franck

French spelling, with a final CK, which Behind the Name gives as the French form of Frank.

About the name Frank

Wiktionary records Frank in Portuguese as an unadapted borrowing from English. Behind the Name explains the name as an old Germanic name for a member of the Frankish people, a name that perhaps comes from a type of spear, and gives Franck as the French form. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) links the element Franc- to the Germanic frank, 'free'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 15,670 people named Frank, with a median age of 35, almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Other spellings of Frank

SpellingPeople (2022)
Frank15,670
Franck1,406

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Frank · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Frank · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Franck · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Franc-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Franck

What does the name Franck mean?

Franck means “member of the Germanic people of the Franks”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Frank, of which Franck is a spelling.

How many people are named Franck in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,406 people with the first name Franck, which ranks it number 6,558 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Franck a boy's or a girl's name?

Franck is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,400 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Franck?

Franck is a name of Germanic and English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Franck most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Franck (173 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Franck?

Frank. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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