Frentz: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Records tie Frentz closely to Frantz. The name is generally explained as “From Franziskus (Francis)”.

How the spelling arose

Frentz writes “e” in place of the “a” found in Frantz, a common scribal difference.

Surname statistics

The 2010 census count for Frentz in the United States was 464, good for rank 45,959. French civil records give 192 births under the name Frentz from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1941–1950.

Heraldry and the Frentz name

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