Franco surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Franco surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 69,943 people carried this name — #476 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,220 people counted. That is up 32% from 53,161 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 78,042 people named Franco 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 33,135
Santa Fe 8,906
City of Buenos Aires 5,267
Entre Ríos 4,840
Misiones 4,564
Corrientes 4,561
Chaco 3,962
Formosa 3,076

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,852 people named Franco.

612 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 612
Alpes-Maritimes 296
Paris 83
Bouches-du-Rhône 83
Var 62
Hérault 48
Hauts-de-Seine 43
Rhône 42
Vaucluse 37

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

948 people named Franco live in Switzerland.

They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 150
Geneva 139
Vaud 129
Ticino 90
Aargau 67
Valais 48
Basel-Landschaft 44
Fribourg 41

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 577 people named Franco 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 Limburg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Limburg 154
West Flanders 118
Liège 94
Brussels-Capital 84
Flemish Brabant 38
Namur 28
Hainaut 26
East Flanders 19

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

71 people named Franco is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 71

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

Franco in American newspapers,
1908–1924.

Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Franco
Le Messager 1924-08-01
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Franco
Daily Kennebec Journal 1908-02-07
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Franco
Le Messager 1914-01-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 518,762 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Franco,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dhimitër Frëngu
    Dhimitër Frëngu 1443–1525 · historian
  • Veronica Franco d. 2020 · singer
  • Fernando Franco d. 1927 · violinist
  • Carlos Franco d. 1914
  • Eustacio Franco Amaya d. 2007
  • Pirro Franco d. 1572 · Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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