Franco Forename
1,668th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 594,801 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy
Franco Forename Definition:
A male name. this name is now, and has been since the 16th C, the common abbreviation of Francis (q.v.). But it was not uncommon in England from the time of the Norman Conquest till about the middle of the 14th C as an independent name representing the Old German Franco ‘a Frank’.
Read More About This ForenameFranco Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 100% | 441,539 | 1:138 | 26 |
| Uganda | 99% | 15,560 | 1:2,632 | 367 |
| Philippines | 99% | 10,701 | 1:9,907 | 1,341 |
| Mexico | 100% | 10,119 | 1:12,268 | 971 |
| United States | 100% | 10,023 | 1:36,171 | 2,311 |
| Colombia | 96% | 9,144 | 1:5,225 | 590 |
| Peru | 100% | 7,907 | 1:4,021 | 643 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 7,669 | 1:1,071 | 230 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,558 | 1:3,126 | 704 |
| Brazil | 100% | 6,859 | 1:31,234 | 2,572 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6,456 | 1:8,177 | 1,153 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,760 | 1:4,730 | 908 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4,542 | 1:6,649 | 801 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4,007 | 1:10,675 | 675 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,772 | 1:8,784 | 1,082 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,969 | 1:9,083 | 1,103 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,879 | 1:33,580 | 1,193 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,648 | 1:4,339 | 702 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,270 | 1:24,023 | 3,128 |
| Zambia | - | 2,249 | 1:7,050 | 879 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,109 | 1:35,006 | 2,510 |
| France | 100% | 2,059 | 1:32,283 | 1,195 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,894 | 1:1,810 | 270 |
| England | 100% | 1,886 | 1:29,482 | 1,653 |
| Cameroon | 82% | 1,624 | 1:13,307 | 1,399 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,353 | 1:34,226 | 2,730 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,166 | 1:26,426 | 3,414 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,129 | 1:41,213 | 1,795 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,091 | 1:9,717 | 1,022 |
| Malawi | 100% | 867 | 1:19,737 | 1,782 |
| Indonesia | - | 718 | 1:359,281 | 29,748 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 701 | 1:253,302 | 10,092 |
| Australia | - | 616 | 1:22,171 | 1,506 |
| Chile | 100% | 613 | 1:28,723 | 1,323 |
| Poland | 88% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Malta | - | 562 | 1:764 | 170 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 560 | 1:30,182 | 2,491 |
| Morocco | 100% | 519 | 1:66,182 | 2,499 |
| Chad | 100% | 494 | 1:27,527 | 3,248 |
| Guinea | - | 490 | 1:24,201 | 1,123 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 488 | 1:21,376 | 1,966 |
| Egypt | 100% | 477 | 1:192,664 | 7,172 |
| Haiti | 100% | 444 | 1:24,160 | 1,919 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 372 | 1:12,817 | 1,084 |
| India | 100% | 349 | 1:3,481,026 | 150,600 |
| Honduras | 100% | 348 | 1:25,338 | 1,619 |
| Portugal | - | 323 | 1:32,232 | 1,307 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 315 | 1:1,791 | 302 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 304 | 1:19,797 | 1,513 |
| Ecuador | - | 296 | 1:59,888 | 1,925 |
| Panama | 100% | 295 | 1:13,243 | 1,568 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 274 | 1:26,412 | 1,449 |
| Thailand | 100% | 273 | 1:256,651 | 15,428 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 252 | 1:63,922 | 1,851 |
| Namibia | - | 219 | 1:10,978 | 1,293 |
| Croatia | 100% | 210 | 1:20,081 | 1,096 |
| Sweden | 100% | 194 | 1:50,814 | 2,678 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 166 | 1:183,433 | 10,896 |
| Hong Kong | - | 165 | 1:46,986 | 2,493 |
| Benin | 100% | 144 | 1:73,443 | 5,062 |
| Austria | 100% | 139 | 1:61,253 | 1,662 |
| China | - | 118 | 1:11,576,744 | 59,751 |
| Iraq | 100% | 116 | 1:301,878 | 4,283 |
| Liberia | 100% | 113 | 1:39,045 | 2,222 |
| Scotland | 100% | 109 | 1:49,086 | 1,563 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Mauritius | - | 91 | 1:14,261 | 1,580 |
| Greece | 100% | 90 | 1:121,495 | 3,045 |
| El Salvador | - | 80 | 1:79,272 | 1,917 |
| Israel | 99% | 74 | 1:113,553 | 4,644 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 74 | 1:208,430 | 12,379 |
| New Zealand | - | 72 | 1:63,001 | 3,164 |
| Romania | 100% | 72 | 1:278,500 | 8,824 |
| Wales | 100% | 66 | 1:46,883 | 1,691 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 62 | 1:115,355 | 8,682 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| San Marino | 100% | 53 | 1:621 | 149 |
| Rwanda | - | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:235,735 | 640 |
| Papua New Guinea | 76% | 44 | 1:185,280 | 15,927 |
| Ireland | 100% | 42 | 1:110,560 | 2,639 |
| Norway | 100% | 42 | 1:122,198 | 3,685 |
| Russia | 100% | 42 | 1:3,434,136 | 19,138 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 41 | 1:59,970 | 2,257 |
| Monaco | 100% | 40 | 1:962 | 199 |
| Denmark | - | 38 | 1:148,671 | 3,717 |
| Sudan | - | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Singapore | 100% | 34 | 1:184,913 | 8,359 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Czechia | 99% | 24 | 1:444,007 | 2,370 |
| Belize | 100% | 23 | 1:15,405 | 1,953 |
| Jersey | - | 23 | 1:4,347 | 567 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 23 | 1:154,361 | 2,292 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Ivory Coast | 93% | 21 | 1:1,098,854 | 31,525 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 19 | 1:1,251,036 | 42,396 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 19 | 1:35,626 | 2,100 |
| Cuba | - | 18 | 1:639,253 | 3,236 |
| Albania | 100% | 17 | 1:179,210 | 9,831 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 16 | 1:36,310 | 2,446 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 16 | 1:85,089 | 6,268 |
| Japan | - | 15 | 1:8,532,404 | 32,965 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 15 | 1:375,171 | 5,607 |
| Moldova | 100% | 15 | 1:237,409 | 2,006 |
| Barbados | - | 13 | 1:22,291 | 1,774 |
| Hungary | 100% | 12 | 1:815,981 | 2,563 |
| Finland | 89% | 11 | 1:498,471 | 5,769 |
| Curaçao | - | 10 | 1:15,580 | 668 |
| Turkey | - | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Ukraine | - | 10 | 1:4,549,991 | 8,360 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 9 | 1:2,042,163 | 43,570 |
| Burundi | - | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Jamaica | - | 9 | 1:320,359 | 9,892 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 8 | 1:440,557 | 4,640 |
| Serbia | 100% | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 8 | 1:4,338 | 950 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Iran | - | 7 | 1:11,213,838 | 30,178 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Niger | - | 7 | 1:2,740,571 | 30,052 |
| Bahamas | - | 6 | 1:66,562 | 1,346 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Palestine | 100% | 6 | 1:758,343 | 3,640 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 5 | 1:7,571 | 562 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Bhutan | - | 3 | 1:274,976 | 4,070 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Cape Verde | - | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Franço (6), Frančo (5), Francò (1), Francô (1) & Francó (1) are calculated separately.
Franco (979,085) may also be a surname.
Franco Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. this name is now, and has been since the 16th C, the common abbreviation of Francis (q.v.). But it was not uncommon in England from the time of the Norman Conquest till about the middle of the 14th C as an independent name representing the Old German Franco ‘a Frank’. Franco occurs three times in Domesday Book and Francus once, and Franco, Francus, Frank, Fraunk occur with some frequency in the records of the next three centuries.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Franco Forename Popularity
Franco Demographics
Average Male Franco Height
172.58 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 2,326 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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