Franc is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.
A form of Franks. See Frank - The nursename Frank stands for Francis, Franciscus, and this may be in some instances the origin of the surname. Le Frank, however, appears in Hundred Rolls, and may mean either "the free," an enfranchised man; or a "Franc," by nation.
A form of the Frank. One who came from Franconia, in central Germany; the free man; descendant of Frank meaning "free or courageous".
Surname Franc is the variant form of the Frank. The nursename Frank stands for Francis, Franciscus, and this may be in some instances the origin of the surname. Le Frank, however, appears in Hundred Rolls, and may mean either "the free," an enfranchised man; or a "Franc," by nation.
How popular is Franc?
Franc is common in France, Czechia, Poland, United States, Taiwan, Canada, Belgium, Slovakia, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Russia, Austria, Switzerland, Serbia.
Franc is ranked 46286 on our list.
As per 2010 US census, number of Francs plummeted by 18.34 per cent to 432 since 2000 and slipped by 9624 spots and ranked at 48800. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
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White | 85.19 | 94.71 |
Black | 6.71 | 2.08 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5.56 | 1.89 |
Others | 2.31 | 0 |
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Immigrants to US
From Italy
Journeyman Paolina Franc from Padella, Italy aboard the Scotia from Naples. She is registered to be 30 years old when she arrived in New York on March 17, 1885.
From Germany
Emilie Franc worked as farmer and hailed from France. 25 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Samuel M Fox and arrived on May 2, 1853. Catherine Franc (58) Farmer, Louis Franc (18) Goldsmith, Farmer Stephan Franc, Jacgues Franc (29) Laborer, Richard Franc, aged 20, Forester Hribar Franc, Carol. Franc, 9 years old Appolina Franc, and 10 other Franc around 43.75% of whom were farmer migrated to US from Havre, Bremen, Liverpool & Queenstown and Hamburg & Havre.
Franc Namesakes
- Martin le Franc, French poet of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance
- Otto Franc, cattle baron
- Josef Franc, Speedway rider
Franc Namesakes
- Martin le Franc, French poet of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance
- Otto Franc, cattle baron
- Josef Franc, Speedway rider
Related Family Names:
- Fradelic
- Franc (Germany)
- Franic (Croatia)
- Franjic (Croatia)
- Franjkovic
- Frankovic
- Frantic
- Fradelic
- Fran (Philippines)
- Franano
- Franc (Germany)
- Franca (Spain, Italy)
- Franca (Spain, Italy)
- Francabandiera
- Francais (France)
- Francais (France)
- Français
- Francardo
- Francassa
- Francaviglia (Italy)