The France surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,937 people carried this name — #3,005 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (11,936).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,097 people named France.
45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Isère.
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 135 people named France 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 Liège.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 86 people named France 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 Entre Ríos.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named France is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
France in American newspapers,
1919–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,009,570 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named France,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christine of France 1606–1663 · politician -
Marie Zéphyrine of France 1750–1755 · aristocrat -
Nathaniel Cranstoun France d. 1849 · naval officer
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Bernard France d. 1943
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Fleury de France 1094–1119
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Fleury de France 1095–1119
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to France.
- Fraize 278 · U.S. census
- Fralin 654 · U.S. census
- Franc 432 · U.S. census
- Franca 581 · U.S. census
- Francart 142 · U.S. census
- Francavilla 447 · U.S. census
- Frances 2,222 · U.S. census
- Franceschetti 113 · U.S. census
- Franceschi 1,243 · U.S. census
- Franceschini 805 · U.S. census
- Francesconi 624 · U.S. census
- Franch 218 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where France is.
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