# Franco (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 69,943 |
| US rank (2010) | 476 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,414 people |
| Change since 2000 | +32% (53,161 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Franco 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) | 16% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 81% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Franco in the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Italy.

## People named Franco

- James Franco, American actor (born 1978)
- Itamar Franco, Brazilian politician (1930-2011)
- Dave Franco, American actor
- Federico Franco, 49th President of Paraguay
- Leo Franco, Argentine footballer
- Eduardo Franco, American actor
- Antonio Franco, apostolic nuncio
- Larry J. Franco, American film producer
- Germaine Franco, American film composer
- Divaldo Franco, Brazilian spiritualist
- Suely Franco, Brazilian actress
- Eva Franco, Argentinian actress (1906-1999)

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Frank, Franke, Franck, Franko, Franqui, Franca, 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.