France Forename
12,389th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 79,792 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Seychelles
France Forename Definition:
A pet-name form of the same pair.
France Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 95% | 17,299 | 1:3,842 | 385 |
| Canada | 100% | 15,618 | 1:2,121 | 440 |
| South Africa | 99% | 11,496 | 1:4,744 | 896 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 6,910 | 1:7,639 | 1,102 |
| United States | 79% | 3,757 | 1:96,496 | 4,352 |
| Belgium | 90% | 2,868 | 1:4,006 | 674 |
| Congo | 77% | 2,401 | 1:2,086 | 334 |
| Philippines | 58% | 1,975 | 1:53,676 | 3,831 |
| Brazil | 71% | 1,541 | 1:139,024 | 6,956 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,438 | 1:11,900 | 1,258 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1,318 | 1:985 | 143 |
| DR Congo | 62% | 897 | 1:82,305 | 4,611 |
| Uganda | 68% | 817 | 1:50,131 | 2,978 |
| Zimbabwe | 93% | 772 | 1:19,979 | 2,190 |
| Nigeria | 74% | 719 | 1:246,960 | 9,926 |
| Botswana | 98% | 707 | 1:3,090 | 541 |
| Egypt | 75% | 586 | 1:156,828 | 6,244 |
| Haiti | 56% | 532 | 1:20,163 | 1,687 |
| Colombia | 98% | 517 | 1:92,416 | 3,114 |
| Cameroon | 74% | 501 | 1:43,135 | 2,956 |
| Morocco | - | 491 | 1:69,956 | 2,597 |
| Algeria | 100% | 490 | 1:77,912 | 2,150 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 490 | 1:526,456 | 39,075 |
| Switzerland | 75% | 423 | 1:19,417 | 1,387 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Zambia | - | 396 | 1:40,037 | 2,716 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 388 | 1:6,337 | 717 |
| Ivory Coast | 93% | 331 | 1:69,716 | 4,694 |
| England | 84% | 249 | 1:223,305 | 6,325 |
| Gabon | - | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| Swaziland | - | 231 | 1:5,628 | 945 |
| Ghana | 100% | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Chile | 66% | 194 | 1:90,759 | 2,425 |
| Liberia | 75% | 186 | 1:23,721 | 1,581 |
| Seychelles | 67% | 181 | 1:512 | 110 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 161 | 1:64,790 | 3,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91% | 160 | 1:50,952 | 4,944 |
| New Caledonia | 71% | 113 | 1:2,391 | 443 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 107 | 1:282,261 | 9,142 |
| Lesotho | 98% | 95 | 1:21,474 | 2,675 |
| French Polynesia | - | 86 | 1:3,231 | 629 |
| Netherlands | 93% | 77 | 1:219,508 | 7,946 |
| India | 77% | 72 | 1:16,873,305 | 423,037 |
| New Zealand | - | 70 | 1:64,801 | 3,210 |
| Germany | 67% | 69 | 1:1,401,129 | 9,483 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 64 | 1:3,036,839 | 35,846 |
| Peru | 63% | 62 | 1:512,765 | 9,044 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 56 | 1:10,072 | 826 |
| Malaysia | 76% | 47 | 1:647,871 | 26,056 |
| Burkina Faso | 88% | 42 | 1:437,606 | 15,515 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Australia | - | 38 | 1:359,411 | 6,666 |
| Ecuador | - | 38 | 1:466,498 | 5,173 |
| Italy | 63% | 36 | 1:1,696,169 | 12,510 |
| Russia | 73% | 35 | 1:4,120,963 | 21,515 |
| Mexico | 81% | 33 | 1:3,761,952 | 17,018 |
| Solomon Islands | 50% | 33 | 1:17,605 | 1,490 |
| Thailand | 100% | 33 | 1:2,123,206 | 57,616 |
| Iraq | 50% | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Jamaica | - | 27 | 1:106,786 | 4,444 |
| Serbia | 83% | 27 | 1:264,656 | 3,928 |
| Benin | 100% | 22 | 1:480,720 | 16,166 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| China | - | 19 | 1:71,897,673 | 63,377 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 18 | 1:312,643 | 5,170 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Austria | 100% | 16 | 1:532,138 | 4,883 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 16 | 1:3,831 | 730 |
| Honduras | 54% | 16 | 1:551,092 | 8,007 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Belize | 50% | 15 | 1:23,621 | 2,493 |
| Spain | - | 15 | 1:3,101,998 | 13,742 |
| Ireland | 54% | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| Tunisia | - | 13 | 1:52,069 | 2,652 |
| Argentina | 67% | 12 | 1:3,564,437 | 10,379 |
| Denmark | - | 12 | 1:470,792 | 7,517 |
| Monaco | 83% | 11 | 1:3,497 | 622 |
| Sweden | 78% | 11 | 1:896,173 | 18,593 |
| Afghanistan | 88% | 10 | 1:3,262,352 | 23,137 |
| Costa Rica | 56% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Paraguay | 80% | 9 | 1:804,089 | 6,114 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Scotland | 50% | 8 | 1:668,796 | 7,564 |
| Singapore | - | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| Kenya | 85% | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Norway | 100% | 6 | 1:855,388 | 12,625 |
| Uruguay | - | 6 | 1:571,273 | 6,582 |
| Wales | 67% | 6 | 1:515,718 | 6,554 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Ethiopia | 50% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Nicaragua | 50% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1:801,393 | 11,859 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Israel | 75% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Angola | 100% | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Francé (46), Françe (2) & Francè (1) are calculated separately.
France (62,621) may also be a surname.
France Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A pet-name form of the same pair.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
FRANCES. Female names formed from Francis. Hence from Frances as a nickname Fanny; perhaps at first Franny.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
France Forename Popularity
France Demographics
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Sample size: 42 (1901)
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