The Floris surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 294 people carried this name — #67,126 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is down 13% from 338 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Floris surname
A surname from Sardinian.
From Sardinian floris (“flowers”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Floris» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 294 people named Floris.
102 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
83 people named Floris live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 73 people named Floris live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Floris 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.
Who carried it
People named Floris,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frans Floris (I) 1517–1570 · painter -
Claudius Floris d. 1550 · sculptor
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Suzanna Floris d. 1573
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Jacob Floris 1524–1581 · painter
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Jan Baptista Floris 1616–1655 · artist
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Foecke Floris 1650–1703 · metalsmith
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Floris.
- Florentino 1,393 · U.S. census
- Flores 433,969 · U.S. census
- Flori 444 · U.S. census
- Florian 3,731 · U.S. census
- Florin 716 · U.S. census
- Florio 4,211 · U.S. census
- Flory 5,243 · U.S. census
- Flosi 229 · U.S. census
- Flot 335 · U.S. census
- Flotte 361 · U.S. census
- Fluck 732 · U.S. census
- Fluckiger 523 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Floris is.
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