da França Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

da França Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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da França 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
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: da Franca (3,968) are calculated separately.

da França Last Name Facts

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

The last name da França occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: da Franca. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 5,391,485th most common surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of da França live; 69 percent live in South America and 69 percent live in Luso-South America.

It is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 23,786,037. In Brazil da França is primarily found in: Rio de Janeiro, where 33 percent are found, São Paulo, where 33 percent are found and Maranhão, where 11 percent are found. Not including Brazil this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent are found and Cape Verde, where 8 percent are found.

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 Franca963,968/
de França89620/
di França893/
de Français804/
de Franca78104,653/
di Franza78188/
di Franca78130/
de Franza7833/
de Fransa7810/
de Franço781/
da Franco781/
di Francia741,145/
de Francia74663/
di Frangia74100/
da Francis742/
de Francaa742/
da Franchi741/
dos Franca741/
di Franco679,808/
de Franco674,443/
de France67568/
do Franco6711/
de Franzo679/
di Franzo676/
de Frange676/
de Franci673/
di Franci671/
di France671/
de Franceaux671/
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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
  • 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 da França
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