Francu Surname

233,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,723 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Francu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Francu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1,5351:13,0801,669
Moldova881:40,4706,147
United States551:6,590,162310,708
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Frâncu (193), Franců (173), Francú (3) & Franču (1) are calculated separately.

Francu (16) may also be a first name.

Francu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Francu is found most frequently in Romania. It may be found as: Frâncu, Franců, Francú or Franču. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Francu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 233,904th most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,229,568 people. The last name Francu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Francu live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 94 percent live in Romanian Europe. Francu is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 16 people.

The last name is most common in Romania, where it is held by 1,535 people, or 1 in 13,080. In Romania Francu is most prevalent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 18 percent are found, Bacău County, where 13 percent are found and Brașov County, where 10 percent are found. Barring Romania this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Francu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Francu surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% being registered with the party.

The amount Francu earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.59% more than the national average, earning $43,835 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.59% more than the national average, earning $61,902 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 Francu
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