Francois Forename
750th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,123,994 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo
Francois Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 489,305 | 1:151 | 8 |
| France | 100% | 199,702 | 1:333 | 92 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 67,754 | 1:319 | 33 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 62,845 | 1:181 | 18 |
| Canada | 100% | 46,390 | 1:714 | 149 |
| South Africa | 100% | 43,794 | 1:1,245 | 172 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 35,672 | 1:662 | 135 |
| Haiti | 100% | 32,621 | 1:329 | 32 |
| Burundi | 100% | 21,724 | 1:456 | 113 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 15,154 | 1:1,213 | 200 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 10,865 | 1:8,979 | 1,358 |
| Guinea | 100% | 9,906 | 1:1,197 | 164 |
| Benin | 100% | 9,856 | 1:1,073 | 244 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 8,650 | 1:2,668 | 294 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7,947 | 1:1,446 | 336 |
| United States | 100% | 7,740 | 1:46,839 | 2,690 |
| Senegal | 100% | 6,406 | 1:2,276 | 300 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,760 | 1:4,730 | 908 |
| Morocco | 100% | 2,484 | 1:13,828 | 979 |
| Togo | - | 2,390 | 1:3,029 | 510 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 2,264 | 1:2,486 | 465 |
| England | 100% | 2,201 | 1:25,263 | 1,473 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,193 | 1:4,757 | 700 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,137 | 1:7,909 | 1,057 |
| Ghana | - | 1,910 | 1:14,129 | 1,207 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,906 | 1:112,401 | 6,012 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,764 | 1:1,068 | 248 |
| Sudan | - | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,472 | 1:882 | 118 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,380 | 1:5,952 | 766 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,291 | 1:54,273 | 5,666 |
| Australia | - | 1,186 | 1:11,516 | 1,025 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1,130 | 1:246 | 27 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,050 | 1:12,951 | 2,067 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1,041 | 1:260 | 47 |
| Namibia | - | 1,001 | 1:2,402 | 446 |
| Poland | 100% | 990 | 1:38,411 | 1,114 |
| Germany | 100% | 980 | 1:98,651 | 2,107 |
| Mali | - | 939 | 1:18,081 | 1,331 |
| Bangladesh | - | 825 | 1:193,287 | 10,074 |
| Egypt | 100% | 607 | 1:151,402 | 6,063 |
| New Zealand | - | 449 | 1:10,103 | 1,072 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Vanuatu | - | 318 | 1:823 | 223 |
| Chile | 80% | 304 | 1:57,918 | 1,935 |
| Ireland | 100% | 249 | 1:18,649 | 967 |
| Italy | 99% | 234 | 1:260,949 | 3,420 |
| Malawi | 100% | 212 | 1:80,718 | 4,695 |
| Philippines | 90% | 211 | 1:502,415 | 16,781 |
| Indonesia | - | 195 | 1:1,322,891 | 75,999 |
| China | - | 182 | 1:7,505,801 | 59,397 |
| Japan | - | 178 | 1:719,023 | 13,046 |
| Peru | 99% | 176 | 1:180,633 | 4,969 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 168 | 1:552 | 125 |
| Portugal | - | 166 | 1:62,716 | 2,006 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 148 | 1:204,067 | 7,403 |
| Congo | 100% | 138 | 1:36,299 | 3,050 |
| Sweden | 99% | 137 | 1:71,956 | 3,409 |
| Mexico | 97% | 136 | 1:912,827 | 7,761 |
| Luxembourg | - | 131 | 1:4,306 | 504 |
| Djibouti | - | 109 | 1:8,401 | 725 |
| Saint Lucia | 97% | 108 | 1:1,646 | 298 |
| Malta | - | 102 | 1:4,209 | 603 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 102 | 1:151,214 | 9,828 |
| Scotland | 100% | 101 | 1:52,974 | 1,626 |
| Norway | 100% | 98 | 1:52,371 | 2,135 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Spain | - | 95 | 1:489,789 | 6,280 |
| Ecuador | - | 93 | 1:190,612 | 3,360 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Singapore | 100% | 89 | 1:70,641 | 6,995 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 84 | 1:2,113,861 | 41,695 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 81 | 1:198,869 | 3,035 |
| Hong Kong | - | 77 | 1:100,685 | 2,817 |
| India | 90% | 72 | 1:16,873,305 | 423,037 |
| Niger | 100% | 68 | 1:282,118 | 7,039 |
| Uganda | 97% | 65 | 1:630,106 | 13,203 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 64 | 1:475,780 | 21,121 |
| Denmark | - | 63 | 1:89,675 | 2,695 |
| Qatar | 100% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| Central African Republic | - | 49 | 1:92,151 | 221 |
| Colombia | 100% | 47 | 1:1,016,573 | 11,521 |
| Jamaica | - | 47 | 1:61,345 | 3,197 |
| Romania | 100% | 43 | 1:466,325 | 13,069 |
| Botswana | - | 42 | 1:52,011 | 4,968 |
| Austria | 100% | 41 | 1:207,663 | 3,073 |
| Greece | 100% | 41 | 1:266,696 | 4,766 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 37 | 1:2,503,327 | 3,254 |
| Wales | 100% | 37 | 1:83,630 | 2,261 |
| Laos | - | 36 | 1:182,968 | 231 |
| Libya | - | 36 | 1:172,814 | 833 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 34 | 1:40,042 | 3,857 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 32 | 1:223,500 | 14,649 |
| Hungary | 99% | 29 | 1:337,647 | 1,450 |
| Iraq | 100% | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Costa Rica | 80% | 28 | 1:170,284 | 4,241 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 27 | 1:354 | 107 |
| Estonia | 100% | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| Monaco | - | 26 | 1:1,479 | 318 |
| Tanzania | - | 26 | 1:2,030,320 | 22,015 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Israel | 84% | 24 | 1:350,122 | 8,219 |
| Russia | 100% | 24 | 1:6,009,738 | 27,399 |
| South Korea | - | 24 | 1:231,018 | 8,270 |
| Jersey | - | 23 | 1:4,347 | 567 |
| Liberia | 100% | 23 | 1:191,829 | 6,898 |
| Panama | 100% | 22 | 1:177,571 | 7,149 |
| Zambia | - | 22 | 1:720,672 | 13,846 |
| Finland | 100% | 21 | 1:261,104 | 3,985 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 17 | 1:1,398,217 | 44,417 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 17 | 1:39,818 | 2,239 |
| Curaçao | - | 16 | 1:9,738 | 620 |
| Honduras | 100% | 16 | 1:551,092 | 8,007 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 16 | 1:214,227 | 3,836 |
| Argentina | 91% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| Czechia | 98% | 13 | 1:819,705 | 3,136 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Cambodia | - | 12 | 1:1,356,111 | 18,849 |
| Ukraine | - | 12 | 1:3,791,659 | 7,438 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Jordan | 90% | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Syria | - | 10 | 1:1,930,608 | 3,897 |
| Comoros | - | 9 | 1:84,593 | 329 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Croatia | 100% | 8 | 1:527,134 | 5,786 |
| Kenya | - | 8 | 1:5,788,389 | 30,473 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 6 | 1:10,216 | 1,399 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 5 | 1:590,376 | 2,548 |
| Oman | - | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:2,038,078 | 115,092 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Nicaragua | 50% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 3 | 1:2,105 | 306 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Francóis (4) & Françóis (3) are calculated separately.
Francois (253,313) may also be a surname.
Francois Forename Popularity
Francois Demographics
Average Male Francois Height
175.69 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,690 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Francois