da Franca Surname

116,221st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,968 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

da Franca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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da Franca Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3,9161:54,6672,093
Portugal281:372,08012,265
São Tomé and Príncipe91:19,7141,083
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: da França (13) are calculated separately.

da Franca Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name da Franca Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name da Franca occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: da França. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name da Franca? popularity and diffusion

The surname da Franca is the 116,221st most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,836,579 people. The surname da Franca occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of da Franca are found; 99 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname da Franca is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 3,916 people, or 1 in 54,667. In Brazil da Franca is most common in: Bahia, where 44 percent live, São Paulo, where 15 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent live. Other than Brazil da Franca occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 1 percent live and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
da França9613/
da Francas951/
de Franca89104,653/
di Franca89130/
da Franco891/
di Francia841,145/
de Francia84663/
de Francas8418/
de Francaa842/
de Francca841/
dos Franca841/
da Franchi841/
de Francap841/
de Francqa841/
da Francois803/
de Francais802/
di Franco789,808/
de Franco784,443/
de França78620/
de France78568/
di Franza78188/
de Franza7833/
do Franco7811/
de Fransa7810/
di França783/
de Franci783/
de Framca783/
di Franci781/
di France781/
de Franceaux761/
de Franchi74408/
di Frangia74100/
de Francos744/
de Francci742/
Di-Francia741/
di Francci741/
do Franchi741/
de Francko741/
de Franchy741/
de Francois7011/
de Français704/
do Francois703/
Di-Franco6716/
de Franke6714/
de Franzo679/
di Franzo676/
de Franko675/
De-France672/
De-Franco671/
dos Francois671/
de Franço671/
de Francschi671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to da Franca
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