The Lefranc surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 278 people carried this name — #70,403 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 46% from 190 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,109 people named Lefranc.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 86 départements, most often Manche.
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 190 people named Lefranc 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Lefranc,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan 1709–1784 · writer -
Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan 1715–1789 · archbishop -
Jacques-François Lefranc 1739–1792 · Catholic priest
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Jacques Lefranc 1750–1809 · military personnel
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Jean-Baptiste Lefranc 1758–1839 · lawyer
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Maglorius Lefranc 1760–1824 · chaplain
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lefranc.
- Lefebure 274 · U.S. census
- Lefebvre 6,381 · U.S. census
- Lefever 3,327 · U.S. census
- Lefevere 150 · U.S. census
- Lefevre 5,472 · U.S. census
- Lefort 1,272 · U.S. census
- Lefrancois 785 · U.S. census
- Lega 210 · U.S. census
- Legagneur 234 · U.S. census
- Legal 196 · U.S. census
- Legall 397 · U.S. census
- Legard 374 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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