Franciscus Forename

68,997th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 8,372 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Aruba

Franciscus Forename User-submission:

Franciscus is a Latin name which means 'descendent of the Franks'. The Franks were a Germanic tribe that lived in France during the Roman Empire.

Franciscus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium
100%
3,7441:3,069577
Indonesia
100%
2,6951:95,71910,839
South Africa
99%
 
4321:126,2339,465
United States
100%
2331:1,555,95328,271
Thailand
100%
2201:318,48117,604
Netherlands
100%
2041:82,8534,621
Brazil
100%
1591:1,347,39732,231
Tanzania
100%
881:599,86715,752
Germany
100%
731:1,324,3549,189
Aruba-631:1,647343
Dominican Republic-621:168,2467,350
France
100%
561:1,186,9708,652
Sweden
100%
471:209,7437,186
England
100%
451:1,235,62018,913
Curaçao-371:4,211584
Norway
100%
261:197,3974,991
Spain
100%
221:2,114,99811,922
Malaysia
100%
191:1,602,62849,521
Austria
100%
111:774,0186,072
Estonia-91:146,1535,307
Switzerland
100%
91:912,61111,192
Australia-81:1,707,20316,445
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
Denmark-71:807,07110,426
Canada
100%
71:4,733,33948,640
Philippines
100%
71:15,144,211189,875
Scotland
84%
 
61:891,7289,103
Singapore-61:1,047,84215,242
Chile
100%
61:2,934,53517,145
Italy
100%
51:12,212,41834,417
Greece
100%
41:2,733,63712,935
Suriname-41:138,2032,927
Saint Lucia
100%
31:59,2724,116
Slovakia
100%
31:1,770,0215,487
Wales
100%
31:1,031,43610,092
Mexico
100%
31:41,381,47674,307
Ecuador-31:5,908,97318,111
Venezuela-31:10,067,298111,314
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Hungary
100%
21:4,895,8864,852
Luxembourg
100%
21:282,0243,520
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Turkey
100%
11:77,801,70991,051
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Cameroon
100%
11:21,610,503119,836
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Monaco
100%
11:38,4662,379
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376

The alternate forms: Françiscus (1) are calculated separately.

Franciscus (1,439) may also be a surname.

Franciscus Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Franciscus is a Latin name which means 'descendent of the Franks'. The Franks were a Germanic tribe that lived in France during the Roman Empire.

- mjf

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