Frenkel Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

In parish registers, Frenkel often stands in for Frankel. In origin, the name means “A descendant of little Frank (free)”. Spelled with “e” instead of “a”, Frenkel shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

In the 2010 US Census, 1,082 Americans gave Frenkel as their last name (rank 23,485). 181 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Frenkel name at birth.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Frenkel, so the heraldry linked to Frankel is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Frenkel family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.