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    The surname Franca

    A Catalan surname, carried by 581 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F652

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Franca is more common than 76.5% of them.

    Origin

    Catalan origin

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

    One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 581 people named Franca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 531,404 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 583.

    #38,155
    rank among US surnames
    581
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #36,276)

    Who is named Franca

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    77% of people named Franca identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 2.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Francas

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Wesley França
      Brazilian footballer (born 2003)
    • Matheus França de Oliveira
      Brazilian association football player, born 2004
    • Larissa França
      Brazilian volleyball player, born 1982
    • Celia Franca
      British dancer, founder and artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada (1921-2007)
    • Hermes França
      Brazilian mixed martial artist, born 1974
    • Caíque França
      Brazilian association football player, born 1995
    • Matheuzinho
      Brazilian footballer, born 2000

    Notable Francas come mostly from Brazil (6) and Canada (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Franca

    Franca has the Soundex code F652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F652.

    Other Catalan surnames

    All 39 Catalan surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Franca come from?
    Borrowed from Catalan, Italian and Spanish Franca or, alternatively, from Portuguese França.
    How common is the surname Franca?
    581 people in the United States had the surname Franca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 531,404 Americans. It ranked 38,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Franca?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Franca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Franca?
    Wesley França, Brazilian footballer (born 2003), followed by Matheus França de Oliveira.
    Where is the surname Franca most common?
    Wikidata records people named Franca in Brazil and Canada.
    Is the surname Franca getting more or less common?
    Less common. 583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 581 in 2010, down 0.3%.