Françoise Surname
Approximately 3,859 people bear this surname
Françoise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 3,081 | 1:4,412 | 701 |
| France | 512 | 1:129,732 | 19,797 |
| Seychelles | 100 | 1:924 | 225 |
| Belgium | 65 | 1:176,871 | 23,883 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Françóise (1) & Francoisè (1) are calculated separately.
Françoise (82,932) may also be a first name.
Françoise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Françoise Come From? nationality or country of origin
Françoise is more commonly found in Chad than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Françóise or Francoisè. Click here for other possible spellings of Françoise.
How Common Is The Last Name Françoise? popularity and diffusion
It is the 119,129th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,888,455 people. The surname Françoise occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Françoise live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 12,003rd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 82,932 people.
The last name Françoise is most commonly occurring in Chad, where it is held by 3,081 people, or 1 in 4,412. Barring Chad this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in France, where 13 percent reside and The Seychelles, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Françoise
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