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The term Frank in eastern Mediterranean countries was used, in various vernacular forms, to denote the Crusaders and their descendants, and the American surname may also be an Americanized form of such a form.English, Dutch, German, etc.: from the personal name Frank, in origin an ethnic name for a Frank.
Our last name directly originates from Germany and most likely you are a descendent of George Fruits who immigrated to the American colonies in the mid 1700s. In Germany our l â¦ ast name was either Frutz or Frits and the spelling got corrupted.