The FRANCE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	11,936	2778	0.004	44
United States (1880 census)	3,750	1635	0.007	75
Change since 1880	+8186	-1143	-0.003	-31
Other Countries
Australia	520	3091	0.003	32
United Kingdom	5,095	1235	0.011	111

Top States for FRANCE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Ohio	988	1453	0.009	87
New York	987	1991	0.005	52
California	854	3739	0.003	25
Florida	711	3079	0.004	44
Michigan	623	1917	0.006	63
Top States for FRANCE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Kentucky	376	1607	0.009	93
Wyoming	44	1453	0.009	89
Tennessee	496	1844	0.009	87
Ohio	988	1453	0.009	87
Indiana	520	1539	0.009	86

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called FRANCE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called FRANCE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called FRANCE in Ohio than any other state, but you are more likely to find a FRANCE by picking someone at random in Kentucky than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of FRANCE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the FRANCE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the FRANCE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of FRANCE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	226	1.89
White (Hispanic)	180	1.51
Native American/Alaskan	78	0.65
Asian/Pacific	72	0.6
White (Caucasian)	9,381	78.59
Black/African American	2,000	16.76

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the FRANCE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to FRANCE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as FRANCE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.