The Francisco surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 24,095 people carried this name — #1,481 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,200 people counted. That is up 34% from 17,976 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,778 people named Francisco 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
538 people named Francisco live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 450 people named Francisco.
Most of them — 226 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 75 people named Francisco 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 East Flanders.
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 the Nordic population registers
32 people named Francisco 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
Francisco in American newspapers,
1851–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,979,739 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Francisco,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carlos Francisco y Maymó 1877–1908 · lawyer -
Vicente Francisco 1891–1974 · politician -
Vicente Rao 1892–1978 · teacher -
Betty Francisco 1900–1950 · actor -
Sarah Francisco 1839–1916
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Caf' Francisco 1841–1940 · butcher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Francisco.
- Franchino 463 · U.S. census
- Francia 1,205 · U.S. census
- Francillon 268 · U.S. census
- Francini 213 · U.S. census
- Francioni 184 · U.S. census
- Francis 78,327 · U.S. census
- Francisque 173 · U.S. census
- Franck 3,838 · U.S. census
- Francke 551 · U.S. census
- Franco 69,943 · U.S. census
- Francoeur 1,445 · U.S. census
- Francois 14,593 · U.S. census
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