The Franz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,462 people carried this name — #3,153 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 11,553 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
758 people named Franz live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 531 people named Franz 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 338 people named Franz.
125 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Poland’s population register
320 people named Franz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 515 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 58 people named Franz 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.
In the Nordic population registers
117 people named Franz 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
Franz in American newspapers,
1895–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 262,413 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Franz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wolfgang Franz 1564–1628 · historian -
Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria 1630–1665 · bishop -
Johannes Franz 1804–1851 · university teacher -
Julius Franz 1831–1915 · architect -
Ellen Franz 1839–1923 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 150 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Franz.
- Frankel 7,253 · U.S. census
- Frankhauser 243 · U.S. census
- Franklin 120,621 · U.S. census
- Frankowski 952 · U.S. census
- Frantz 12,079 · U.S. census
- Frantzen 692 · U.S. census
- Franza 285 · U.S. census
- Franzen 5,621 · U.S. census
- Franzetti 183 · U.S. census
- Franzi 214 · U.S. census
- Franzini 236 · U.S. census
- Franzoni 477 · U.S. census
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