Francesca Forename
1,505th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 650,234 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy
Francesca Forename Definition:
This, the Italian, form of Frances has been adopted, in strict moderation, in Britain in C19-20, partly because of the moving story of Paolo and Francesca, which, in addition to being brilliantly translated by Byron from Dante, forms the subject of Leigh Hunt’s narrative poem, Story of Rimini, 1816, and of a temporarily fashionable play by Stephen Phillips, 1899.
Read More About This ForenameFrancesca Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 100% | 543,431 | 1:112 | 20 |
| United States | 100% | 21,478 | 1:16,879 | 1,480 |
| England | 100% | 19,887 | 1:2,796 | 400 |
| Spain | 100% | 5,154 | 1:9,028 | 709 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Sudan | - | 4,759 | 1:7,944 | 1,117 |
| Chile | 100% | 4,628 | 1:3,804 | 438 |
| Madagascar | - | 4,535 | 1:5,210 | 1,047 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3,797 | 1:2,163 | 420 |
| Haiti | 100% | 2,988 | 1:3,590 | 543 |
| France | 100% | 2,736 | 1:24,295 | 1,026 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,647 | 1:4,341 | 703 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,275 | 1:14,564 | 1,485 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,146 | 1:45,050 | 1,384 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,966 | 1:13,726 | 1,182 |
| Australia | - | 1,673 | 1:8,164 | 847 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,558 | 1:137,507 | 6,903 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,376 | 1:14,573 | 1,118 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,314 | 1:12,863 | 1,420 |
| Philippines | 99% | 1,242 | 1:85,354 | 5,077 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,239 | 1:56,550 | 5,839 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,081 | 1:9,650 | 1,145 |
| Malta | - | 1,040 | 1:413 | 91 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 989 | 1:179,539 | 8,079 |
| Egypt | 100% | 846 | 1:108,630 | 4,869 |
| Wales | 100% | 699 | 1:4,427 | 563 |
| Peru | 100% | 682 | 1:46,615 | 2,448 |
| South Africa | 100% | 680 | 1:80,195 | 7,031 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 608 | 1:49,674 | 2,967 |
| Scotland | 100% | 607 | 1:8,814 | 652 |
| Uganda | 100% | 450 | 1:91,015 | 4,309 |
| New Zealand | - | 417 | 1:10,878 | 1,122 |
| Ireland | 100% | 369 | 1:12,584 | 801 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 369 | 1:82,520 | 6,119 |
| Portugal | - | 351 | 1:29,661 | 1,231 |
| Kenya | 100% | 267 | 1:173,435 | 7,423 |
| Ecuador | - | 214 | 1:82,836 | 2,245 |
| Malawi | 100% | 212 | 1:80,718 | 4,695 |
| Albania | 100% | 210 | 1:14,507 | 2,068 |
| Sweden | 100% | 209 | 1:47,167 | 2,532 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 189 | 1:1,364,887 | 77,800 |
| Poland | 98% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Andorra | - | 181 | 1:458 | 76 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 166 | 1:3,398 | 434 |
| Austria | 100% | 148 | 1:57,528 | 1,616 |
| Mexico | 100% | 144 | 1:862,114 | 7,513 |
| Greece | 100% | 139 | 1:78,666 | 2,341 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 139 | 1:58,650 | 5,644 |
| Czechia | 100% | 125 | 1:85,249 | 1,070 |
| San Marino | 100% | 122 | 1:270 | 69 |
| Israel | 100% | 111 | 1:75,702 | 3,793 |
| Zambia | - | 108 | 1:146,804 | 5,869 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 104 | 1:2,598 | 462 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 98 | 1:157,386 | 10,126 |
| Denmark | - | 89 | 1:63,478 | 2,216 |
| Micronesia | - | 89 | 1:1,197 | 176 |
| Singapore | 100% | 85 | 1:73,965 | 7,043 |
| India | 100% | 81 | 1:14,998,493 | 391,832 |
| China | - | 80 | 1:17,075,697 | 60,154 |
| Hong Kong | - | 75 | 1:103,370 | 2,833 |
| Croatia | 100% | 69 | 1:61,117 | 1,916 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 68 | 1:20,021 | 2,377 |
| Congo | 88% | 67 | 1:74,764 | 5,209 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 62 | 1:1,190,768 | 33,715 |
| Monaco | 100% | 60 | 1:641 | 120 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 57 | 1:125,474 | 8,859 |
| Panama | 100% | 56 | 1:69,760 | 4,016 |
| Norway | 100% | 53 | 1:96,836 | 3,172 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 53 | 1:10,961 | 1,072 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 51 | 1:452,469 | 17,460 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 50 | 1:95,359 | 3,126 |
| Moldova | - | 46 | 1:77,416 | 1,100 |
| French Polynesia | - | 43 | 1:6,463 | 978 |
| Japan | - | 42 | 1:3,047,287 | 23,072 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 41 | 1:527,085 | 16,810 |
| Guam | - | 38 | 1:4,228 | 780 |
| Guyana | 100% | 38 | 1:20,086 | 2,477 |
| Russia | 100% | 33 | 1:4,370,718 | 22,313 |
| Finland | 100% | 29 | 1:189,075 | 3,312 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Jersey | - | 26 | 1:3,845 | 523 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 24 | 1:76,798 | 1,378 |
| Argentina | 100% | 24 | 1:1,782,218 | 7,077 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 24 | 1:142,818 | 3,137 |
| El Salvador | - | 23 | 1:275,730 | 3,338 |
| Hungary | 100% | 21 | 1:466,275 | 1,759 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 21 | 1:267,980 | 4,851 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 19 | 1:5,776 | 921 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 17 | 1:144,633 | 3,357 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 17 | 1:3,105,195 | 23,654 |
| Botswana | 100% | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Colombia | 100% | 14 | 1:3,412,780 | 22,545 |
| Grenada | 100% | 14 | 1:7,723 | 1,094 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Honduras | 100% | 12 | 1:734,789 | 9,414 |
| Guatemala | - | 10 | 1:1,610,843 | 5,373 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 10 | 1:601,834 | 9,645 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Benin | - | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Liberia | 100% | 9 | 1:490,229 | 13,253 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 9 | 1:19,757 | 2,072 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| Iceland | - | 6 | 1:61,003 | 3,164 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 6 | 1:6,309 | 521 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Senegal | 100% | 6 | 1:2,430,226 | 14,702 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 5 | 1:17,005 | 327 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 5 | 1:1,447,361 | 8,023 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Barbados | - | 4 | 1:72,447 | 2,209 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Jamaica | - | 4 | 1:720,807 | 13,486 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Suriname | 100% | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Belarus | - | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Françesca (8), Francésca (2) & Francêsca (1) are calculated separately.
Francesca (2,458) may also be a surname.
Francesca Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This, the Italian, form of Frances has been adopted, in strict moderation, in Britain in C19-20, partly because of the moving story of Paolo and Francesca, which, in addition to being brilliantly translated by Byron from Dante, forms the subject of Leigh Hunt’s narrative poem, Story of Rimini, 1816, and of a temporarily fashionable play by Stephen Phillips, 1899.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Teutonic (feminine) - Indomitable.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Francesca Forename Popularity
Francesca Demographics
Average Francesca Salary in
United States
$47,728 USD
Per year
Rank:
152,371 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00530461
Rank: 1,531 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
109.65%
Sample size: 9,162 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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