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 User-submission:
(French) Francois is a masculine given name and a surname. This name displays similarities of its English counterpart, Francis, but with a clear French influence. Francois can attribute its origins from Old French, denoting one who is a 'free man', or a 'Frenchman', as the current demonym of a modern French man is a francais, which has an 'a' at the end of it instead of an 'o'.
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 Meaning
User-submitted Reference
(French) Francois is a masculine given name and a surname. This name displays similarities of its English counterpart, Francis, but with a clear French influence. Francois can attribute its origins from Old French, denoting one who is a 'free man', or a 'Frenchman', as the current demonym of a modern French man is a francais, which has an 'a' at the end of it instead of an 'o'.
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