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

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.

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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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 31
Manche 501
Paris 473
Pas-de-Calais 340
Nord 288
Calvados 238
Aisne 220
Oise 178
Seine-et-Marne 154

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 map

Where they live today

Hainaut 96
Namur 23
West Flanders 22
Walloon Brabant 18
Brussels-Capital 16
East Flanders 10
Antwerp 5

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.

  • Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan
    Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan 1709–1784 · writer
  • Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan
    Jean-Georges Lefranc de Pompignan 1715–1789 · archbishop
  • Jacques-François Lefranc 1739–1792 · Catholic priest
  • Jacques Lefranc 1750–1809 · military personnel
  • Jean-Baptiste Lefranc 1758–1839 · lawyer
  • Maglorius Lefranc 1760–1824 · chaplain

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Lefranc is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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