Franz
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Surname from the given name Franz; 15,833 bearers
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fʁant͡s/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Franz is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 59th most common given name.
- ATAustria≈1 in 196(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 306
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 1.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 367 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 196 (inferred from the name graph)
≈260,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Surname from the given name Franz; 15,833 bearers. Map shows -ze vs -z variants and rare -t- spellings (Fran(t)z, Frants).
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Franz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #59 | ≈260,000 est. | ≈1 in 306 | — | Franz | 270 |
| AT Austria | #15 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 196 | 4.4K | Franz | 188 |
| BO Bolivia | #477 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 546 | — | Franz | 34 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Franz | 105 |
| CH Switzerland | #65 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | 743 | Franz | 116 |
| BE Belgium | #594 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | 171 | Franz | 66 |
| US United States | — | 3,863 | 1 in 86K | 12K | Franz | 367 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Franz is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
German form of Italian }Francesco. See Italian supplement, and see }Francis in main dictionary.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In German, zu dem Rufnamen Franz/Franziskus; die Karte zeigt Varianten mit a/o und mit/ohne -t-/-tz- sowie -n-/-nn-.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Patronym zu Rufname Franz, lat. Franciscus, ital. Francesco; Kurzform zu Franziskus.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Franz < Franziskus; 15.833 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, zum Rufnamen Franz (aus Franciscus); belegt mit 411 Trägern
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Eugene of Savoyb. 1663FRnot in their usual nameprince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire (1663-1736)
- Karl VIb. 1685ATnot in their usual name18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor
- Franz Anton Mesmerb. 1734DEGerman physician
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperorb. 1768FRnot in their usual namealso known as Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)
- Franz Lisztb. 1811ATHungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austriab. 1858ATnot in their usual nameAustrian archduke (1858-1889)
- Franz Ferdinandb. 1863ATheir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary (1863–1914)
- Franz von Papenb. 1879DEGerman general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)
- Franz Marcb. 1880DEGerman artist (1880–1916)
- Franz Waxmanb. 1906DEGerman film composer (1906-1967)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 99 sources across 45 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 4.4K | #114 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.8K | #4,707 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2024 | 64 | #114 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 63 | #4,707 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 17 | — |
Reference works 9
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Franz come from?
- Surname from the given name Franz; 15,833 bearers. Map shows -ze vs -z variants and rare -t- spellings (Fran(t)z, Frants). Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
- Is Franz a male or female name?
- Franz is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Franz?
- In the etymology graph, Francisco, Francesco and François are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Franz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 262 thousand people named Franz in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled franz.
- How do you pronounce Franz?
- A machine transcription gives /fʁant͡s/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Franz mean?
- Recorded meaning: Surname from the given name Franz; 15,833 bearers.
- How common is the name Franz?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,863 people named Franz in 2020, about 1 in 86 thousand residents.
- How common is Franz compared with other names?
- In Germany, Franz is the 59th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/franzThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Franz” — the 59th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.