The Frances surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,343 people carried this name — #12,193 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 114,900 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,642 people named Frances.
125 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Finistère.
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
26 people named Frances live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Frances.
- Fralin 610 · U.S. census
- Franc 529 · U.S. census
- Franca 583 · U.S. census
- Francart 138 · U.S. census
- Francavilla 439 · U.S. census
- France 11,936 · U.S. census
- Franceschetti 113 · U.S. census
- Franceschi 1,076 · U.S. census
- Franceschini 775 · U.S. census
- Francesconi 589 · U.S. census
- Franch 240 · U.S. census
- Franchetti 362 · U.S. census
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