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Frank Family Crest
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Where did the Italian Frank family come from? What is the Italian Frank family crest and coat of arms? When did the Frank family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Frank family history?

From the historical and enchanting Italian region of Piedmont emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Frank family. During the Middle Ages, as populations grew and travel between regions became more frequent, the people of Tuscany found it necessary to adopt a second name to identify themselves and their families. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most common type of family name found in Piedmont is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, the nickname type of surname is also frequently found. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The surname Frank is a name for "Franc." The surname Franchi can be traced to the Norman given name Franc, which was a name for the Germanic peoples, the Franks, who inhabited the lands around the Rhine River in Roman times. In the 6th century, under the leadership of Clovis I, the Frankish tribe established a substantial empire in Europe, which later developed into the Holy Roman Empire. Their most famous Emperor was Charlemagne. The surname Franchi is also a name for a person from Franconia in Gemany.

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Surnames that originated in Italy are characterized by an enormous number of spelling variations. Some of these are derived from regional traditions and dialects. Northern names, for instance, often end in "o", while southern names tend to end in "i". Other variations come from the fact the medieval scribes tended to spell according to the sound of words, rather than any particular set of rules. The recorded variations of Frank include Franco, Franca, Franch, Frank, De Franchi, De Franchis, De Franco, Di Franco, La Franca, Franchèlli, Franchelli, Franchèllo, Franchello, Franchétto, Franchitti, Franina, Francolini, Francucci, Franci, Francesetti, Franciotti, Franconi and many more.

First found in with Giacomo Franchi who was a statesman and member of this prominent family near Genoa in 1445.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Frank research. Another 39 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Frank History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 171 words(12 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Frank Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Frank or a variant listed above:

Frank Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Daniel Frank, who immigrated to Virginia in 1622
  • Robert Frank, who arrived in Virginia in 1651
  • Catherine Frank immigrated to Virginia in 1695
  • Cath Frank, who arrived in Virginia in 1695

Frank Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Johan Marten Frank, who arrived in New York in 1709
  • Michal Frank, who landed in New York in 1709
  • Johannes Conrad Frank, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1731
  • John Frank, who purchased land in Philadelphia, PA in 1731
  • Anna Frank, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1732


Frank Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • John Hinr Frank, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1803
  • John George Frank, aged 12, landed in Pennsylvania in 1805
  • Margaret Frank, aged 38, landed in Pennsylvania in 1805
  • Regina Barbara Frank, aged 18, landed in Pennsylvania in 1805
  • Paul Frank, aged 45, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1805


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  • Major-General Walter Hale Frank (1886-1968), American Special Assistant to the Commanding General US Army Air Forces (1944-1945)
  • Brigadier-General Selby Harney Frank (1891-1974), American Chief of Stock Control Division, Field Service, Office of the Chief of Ordnance (1945-1947)
  • Anne Frank (1929-1944), Holocaust victim whose famous and tragic diary that told the story of her life in wartime Holland
  • Leonhard Frank (1882-1961), writer and playwright of considerable fame, whose works focused on the problems of a post-war society
  • Douglas G Frank, president of the Lords Tribunal in Buckinghamshire
  • Mary Frank (b. 1933), British sculptor
  • Professor Frederick Frank, prominent English scientist and researcher in Physics


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  • Our Families and Kin, Now and Then: Blackburn, Franck (also Frank), Leake, and Thornton by Arline Tatum Lorente.
  • German-American Pioneers in Wisconsin and Michigan: The Frank-Kerler Letters, 1849-1864 by Louis Frederick Frank.
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  10. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
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The Frank Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Frank Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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