How common is the last name Francis?

78,198 people in the United States have the last name Francis, about 1 in 3,822. It ranks #406 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FRANCIS

#406

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
78,198
About
1 in 3,822
This common or more
29.7%
Who bears it

Of the 78,198 people with the last name Francis, 55.7% reported their origin as White, 30.9% as Black and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Francis

#404 Cervantes · 78,517#405 Velasquez · 78,234#407 Daniel · 78,123#408 Ochoa · 77,931

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Francis, most common first.

#458 Franco · 70,637#1,186 Franks · 29,066#1,409 Francisco · 24,614#2,132 Francois · 16,522#3,093 France · 11,343#8,943 Franck · 3,511#13,871 Frances · 2,086#18,580 Francia · 1,467

Also a first name

As a first name, Francis ranks #409 of 53,615, with 138,493 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1918, with 7,000 births. See Francis as a first name

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