de França Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Curaçao

de França Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de França Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil4921:435,11016,513
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Portugal381:274,16410,086
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England81:6,964,757184,742
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Curaçao41:39,312638
France41:16,605,680368,153
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

The alternate forms: de Franca (104,653) are calculated separately.

de França Last Name Facts

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

de França is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: de Franca. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 523,789th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of de França reside; 80 percent reside in South America and 79 percent reside in Luso-South America.

de França is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 492 people, or 1 in 435,110. In Brazil de França is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 39 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent are found and Paraná, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil this last name is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent are found and Portugal, where 6 percent are found.

de França Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de França has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Franca96104,653/
de Français904/
de Franza8933/
da França8913/
de Fransa8910/
di França893/
de Franço891/
de Francia84663/
de Francaa842/
de Franco784,443/
da Franca783,968/
di Franza78188/
di Franca78130/
de Franzo789/
de Franceaux761/
di Francia741,145/
di Frangia74100/
di Franco679,808/
de Fronzo67114/
di Franzo676/
da Franco671/
De-Franco671/
de Fronzza631/
Di-Francia631/
di Fronzo561,072/
Di-Franco5616/
De-Fronzo562/
di Fronzio531/

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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 França
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