How common is the surname Franzese?

1,213 people in the United States had the surname Franzese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,531 Americans. It ranked 21,524th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Franzese?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Franzese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Franzese?

Daniel Franzese, American actor, followed by Michael Franzese.

Where is the surname Franzese most common?

Wikidata records people named Franzese in the United States.

Is the surname Franzese getting more or less common?

More common. 1,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,213 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Franzese

An Italian surname, carried by 1,213 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Franzese is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Franzese.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,213 people named Franzese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,531 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,162.

#21,524

rank among US surnames

1,213

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,069)

Who is named Franzese

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

95% of people named Franzese identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Franzeses

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel Franzese
American actor, born 1978
Michael Franzese
American former mobster, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Franzese

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Franzese come from?: Borrowed from Italian Franzese.
How common is the surname Franzese?: 1,213 people in the United States had the surname Franzese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,531 Americans. It ranked 21,524th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Franzese?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Franzese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Franzese?: Daniel Franzese, American actor, followed by Michael Franzese.
Where is the surname Franzese most common?: Wikidata records people named Franzese in the United States.
Is the surname Franzese getting more or less common?: More common. 1,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,213 in 2010, up 4.4%.