Franques Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Spain

Franques Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Franques Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2101:1,019,40235,992
France1511:439,88663,493
United States1141:3,179,464183,182
Spain1131:413,73522,335
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Uruguay51:686,35229,886
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
England21:27,859,030389,889
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Franquès (4) & Franqués (3) are calculated separately.

Franques (114) may also be a first name.

Franques Last Name Facts

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

The surname Franques occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Franquès or Franqués. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Franques? popularity and diffusion

The surname Franques is the 523,789th most numerous family name internationally, held by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Franques are found; 36 percent are found in South America and 34 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 877,214th most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 114 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 210 people, or 1 in 1,019,402. In Brazil Franques is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 31 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Brazil this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in France, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Franques Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Franques has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Franques surname grew 2,280 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Franques Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Franques last name are 5.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.38% registered to vote for the party.

Franques earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.54% more than the national average, earning $44,676 USD 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 Franques
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