# Franca (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/franca/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Catalan |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 581 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,155 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 531,404 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (583 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan, Italian and Spanish Franca or, alternatively, from Portuguese França.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Franca in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 14% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Franca in Brazil and Canada.

## People named Franca

- Wesley França, Brazilian footballer (born 2003)
- Matheus França de Oliveira, Brazilian association football player
- Larissa França, Brazilian volleyball player
- Celia Franca, British dancer, founder and artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada (1921-2007)
- Hermes França, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Caíque França, Brazilian association football player
- Matheuzinho, Brazilian footballer

## Similar surnames

Franco, Frank, Franke, Franck, Franko, Franqui, Franklin, Francis, French, Franks, Francisco, François.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.