Franks (surname)

Franks is also, an Anglo-American surname, derived from the given name Frank and originally came from England and Germany.[1] The name was in the early records, of the Virginia Colony, starting in the 1660s.[2] The Jewish surname, Franks has also, been found as early, as the 17th century, in New York City.

People with the surname include:

See also

References

  1. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press (2013); Ann Madison Franks (c. 11651739).
  2. Louise Pledge Heath Foley, Early Virginia Families Along the James River, Genealogical Publishing, 2009, p. 67.

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