Franca Surname
Approximately 189,783 people bear this surname
Franca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 184,281 | 1:1,162 | 139 |
| Italy | 1,239 | 1:49,360 | 8,881 |
| United States | 674 | 1:537,773 | 44,626 |
| Nigeria | 421 | 1:420,767 | 21,816 |
| Philippines | 411 | 1:246,322 | 37,032 |
| Uruguay | 401 | 1:8,558 | 953 |
| Slovenia | 318 | 1:7,823 | 1,759 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Mexico | 295 | 1:420,767 | 8,163 |
| Kosovo | 236 | 1:7,889 | 1,257 |
| Spain | 192 | 1:243,500 | 15,720 |
| Dominican Republic | 162 | 1:64,401 | 3,114 |
| Argentina | 144 | 1:296,829 | 23,706 |
| France | 141 | 1:471,083 | 66,853 |
| Venezuela | 106 | 1:284,944 | 6,711 |
| Indonesia | 65 | 1:2,034,603 | 127,068 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Paraguay | 29 | 1:249,543 | 4,299 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Montenegro | 27 | 1:23,688 | 2,322 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 19 | 1:9,338 | 607 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Faroe Islands | 3 | 1:16,333 | 1,308 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: França (32,044) are calculated separately.
Franca (213,679) may also be a first name.
Franca Demographics
Franca Political Affiliation
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Franca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Franca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Franca occurs most in Brazil. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: França. For other possible spellings of Franca click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Franca? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,964th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 38,399 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Franca live; 97 percent live in South America and 97 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 4,895th most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 213,679 people.
The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 184,281 people, or 1 in 1,162. In Brazil Franca is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 18 percent live, Bahia, where 11 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent live. Barring Brazil this surname exists in 63 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Franca Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Franca last name are 42.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.24% registered with the political party.
The amount Franca earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 55.49% less than the national average, earning €13,366 per year; in South Africa they earn 603.8% more than the national average, earning R 1,672,500 per year; in Colombia they earn 31.86% more than the national average, earning $29,936,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.97% more than the national average, earning $48,747 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.4% more than the national average, earning $55,844 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
- 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 Franca
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