Where Does The Last Name França Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

França (Arabic: فرانسا) occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Franca. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name França? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 17,294^th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 227,423 people. The surname França occurs mostly in Africa, where 42 percent of França reside; 39 percent reside in Southern Africa and 39 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. França is also the 397,789^th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 460 people.

The last name França is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 12,002 people, or 1 in 17,837. In Brazil França is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 33 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 16 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 9 percent are found. Barring Brazil this surname occurs in 89 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 23 percent are found and Angola, where 15 percent are found.

França Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of França has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 17,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.