The Florence surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,177 people carried this name — #3,865 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 8,943 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 630 people named Florence.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 72 people named Florence live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Florence in American newspapers,
1895–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,770,375 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Florence,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Valette-Florence 1953– · professor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Florence.
- Flora 7,837 · U.S. census
- Florance 463 · U.S. census
- Florczak 399 · U.S. census
- Flore 415 · U.S. census
- Floreani 112 · U.S. census
- Florek 1,532 · U.S. census
- Florent 317 · U.S. census
- Florentin 211 · U.S. census
- Florentino 1,393 · U.S. census
- Flores 433,969 · U.S. census
- Flori 444 · U.S. census
- Florian 3,731 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Florence is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.