Fran Forename
9,045th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 113,820 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Fran Forename Definition:
An occasional diminutive of Frances and a comparatively rare one of Francis.
Fran Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 89% | 63,112 | 1:5,744 | 776 |
| Canada | 100% | 10,627 | 1:3,118 | 575 |
| Australia | - | 5,056 | 1:2,701 | 462 |
| England | 95% | 4,966 | 1:11,197 | 848 |
| Spain | 100% | 4,956 | 1:9,389 | 732 |
| Indonesia | 62% | 3,898 | 1:66,178 | 8,003 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,764 | 1:10,927 | 1,129 |
| Brazil | 58% | 2,007 | 1:106,744 | 5,792 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,842 | 1:25,939 | 1,599 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,572 | 1:2,886 | 500 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,432 | 1:2,127 | 462 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Ireland | 58% | 1,013 | 1:4,584 | 466 |
| Peru | 100% | 900 | 1:35,324 | 2,154 |
| Congo | 72% | 557 | 1:8,993 | 1,184 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 519 | 1:20,099 | 1,879 |
| Netherlands | 63% | 420 | 1:40,243 | 2,981 |
| Croatia | 94% | 395 | 1:10,676 | 816 |
| Burkina Faso | 68% | 360 | 1:51,054 | 3,440 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| South Africa | 75% | 333 | 1:163,762 | 11,222 |
| Mexico | 92% | 299 | 1:415,199 | 5,106 |
| Guinea | - | 283 | 1:41,903 | 1,492 |
| Greece | 67% | 271 | 1:40,349 | 1,528 |
| Ivory Coast | 84% | 250 | 1:92,304 | 5,761 |
| Portugal | - | 231 | 1:45,069 | 1,625 |
| Scotland | 82% | 218 | 1:24,543 | 1,086 |
| Belgium | 86% | 217 | 1:52,949 | 2,525 |
| Philippines | 60% | 212 | 1:500,045 | 16,726 |
| Poland | 78% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Wales | 96% | 182 | 1:17,002 | 1,027 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 171 | 1:20,762 | 930 |
| India | 97% | 161 | 1:7,545,826 | 250,360 |
| Bolivia | 73% | 160 | 1:66,259 | 2,174 |
| Honduras | 100% | 154 | 1:57,256 | 2,454 |
| France | - | 152 | 1:437,305 | 5,050 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 140 | 1:17,563 | 1,190 |
| China | - | 132 | 1:10,348,907 | 59,670 |
| Nicaragua | 97% | 130 | 1:46,295 | 2,345 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 123 | 1:600,224 | 20,154 |
| Argentina | 92% | 122 | 1:350,600 | 3,157 |
| Japan | - | 119 | 1:1,075,513 | 15,431 |
| Germany | 60% | 118 | 1:819,304 | 7,018 |
| Italy | 58% | 115 | 1:530,975 | 5,563 |
| Kosovo | - | 106 | 1:17,561 | 2,115 |
| Chile | 87% | 88 | 1:200,082 | 3,687 |
| Montenegro | 95% | 78 | 1:8,136 | 1,003 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 77 | 1:209,200 | 3,114 |
| Russia | 73% | 76 | 1:1,897,812 | 13,039 |
| El Salvador | - | 69 | 1:91,910 | 2,036 |
| Panama | 76% | 66 | 1:59,190 | 3,654 |
| Ecuador | - | 63 | 1:281,380 | 4,058 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 59 | 1:402,876 | 25,488 |
| Liberia | 81% | 49 | 1:90,042 | 4,013 |
| Switzerland | 53% | 45 | 1:182,522 | 4,432 |
| Guernsey | - | 42 | 1:1,508 | 269 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Thailand | 98% | 39 | 1:1,796,559 | 52,686 |
| Nigeria | 72% | 35 | 1:5,073,267 | 74,131 |
| Cameroon | 80% | 31 | 1:697,113 | 20,420 |
| Malaysia | 57% | 31 | 1:982,256 | 34,885 |
| Costa Rica | 96% | 30 | 1:158,932 | 4,109 |
| Hong Kong | - | 29 | 1:267,335 | 3,524 |
| Northern Ireland | 63% | 28 | 1:65,827 | 1,311 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Israel | - | 21 | 1:400,139 | 8,803 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 69% | 20 | 1:68,071 | 5,456 |
| Singapore | 100% | 17 | 1:369,827 | 10,107 |
| Jersey | - | 13 | 1:7,691 | 755 |
| Sweden | 50% | 13 | 1:758,301 | 16,746 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Bahamas | - | 10 | 1:39,937 | 1,217 |
| Jamaica | - | 10 | 1:288,323 | 8,750 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60% | 10 | 1:815,231 | 57,976 |
| Uganda | 100% | 10 | 1:4,095,692 | 39,987 |
| Austria | 50% | 9 | 1:946,022 | 6,960 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Haiti | - | 8 | 1:1,340,869 | 18,166 |
| Kenya | - | 8 | 1:5,788,389 | 30,473 |
| Luxembourg | - | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Benin | 71% | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Denmark | - | 7 | 1:807,071 | 10,426 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 7 | 1:1,033,829 | 6,926 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Barbados | - | 6 | 1:48,298 | 2,144 |
| Tanzania | - | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| Uruguay | - | 6 | 1:571,273 | 6,582 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Andorra | - | 4 | 1:20,722 | 745 |
| Cyprus | - | 4 | 1:217,769 | 3,299 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Belarus | 50% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Saint Lucia | 67% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Finland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Czechia | 88% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Frán (2) & Frãn (1) are calculated separately.
Fran (5,493) may also be a surname.
Fran Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An occasional diminutive of Frances and a comparatively rare one of Francis.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Fran Forename Popularity
Fran Demographics
Fran Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 9,951 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Fran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fran in the Russian language | ||
| Фран | fran | - |
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Footnotes
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fran