Explore the Family Name Franze

The meaning of Franze

1. Italian (Franzè): from a shortened and altered form of francese ‘French’. 2. German: variant of Franzen. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Carmine, Cosimo, Rocco, Salvatore. German Fritz, Gerhard.

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How common is the last name Franze in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Franze has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname decreased by 2.77% from 34,150 in 2000 to 35,096 in 2010. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of individuals with the Franze surname rose by 2.23%, from 628 people in 2000 to 642 in 2010. However, when considering the proportion of the population with this surname per 100,000 individuals, there was a decrease of 4.35%, going from 0.23 in 2000 to 0.22 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,150	#35,096	-2.77%
Count	628	642	2.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.22	-4.35%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Franze

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Franze surname identify as White, although there was a slight decrease of 2.35% from 94.43% in 2000 to 92.21% in 2010. The proportions of those identifying as Black and Hispanic also increased during this period, with the percentage of Black individuals rising by 20.66% to 3.27% and Hispanics increasing by 30.77% to 1.87%. Individuals identifying with two or more races saw a significant increase of 62.50% over the decade. Data for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native were suppressed (S) for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.43%	92.21%	-2.35%
Black	2.71%	3.27%	20.66%
Hispanic	1.43%	1.87%	30.77%
Two or More Races	0.96%	1.56%	62.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%