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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.
English: habitational name from Bickerstaffe in the parish of Ormskirk, Lancashire, so named with Old English bicere âbeekeeperâ + staeÃ° âstÃ¦Ã° landingâ. Place In, britain this spelling of the surname is now found predominantly in Northern. ireland