de Franca Surname

5,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104,653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Franca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Franca Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil104,1201:2,056202
Venezuela2251:134,2404,338
South Africa1841:294,44428,524
Australia381:710,41347,396
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
England171:3,277,533109,658
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Panama41:978,06412,245
France31:22,140,907385,998
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Aruba11:103,4772,586

The alternate forms: de França (620) are calculated separately.

de Franca Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Franca is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: de França. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 5,415th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,635 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of de Franca are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 104,120 people, or 1 in 2,056. In Brazil de Franca is most numerous in: Pernambuco, where 20 percent are found, São Paulo, where 18 percent are found and Paraná, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Brazil de Franca exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

de Franca Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Franca earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 144.51% more than the national average, earning R 581,040 per year and in Canada they earn 3.07% more than the national average, earning $51,210 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 de Franca
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