Franques

surname · Latin script

Meaning: feminine plural of franc

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/fʁɑ̃k/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Franques is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 178K(measured from records)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 310K
  • ESSpain1 in 472K

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.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈220 people, est.

Sources
106 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 178K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

feminine plural of franc

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Franques 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.

Where Franques is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈220 est.≈1 in 310K24Franques106
ES Spain1061 in 472K106Franques3
US United States≈93 est.≈1 in 3.6MlistedFranques23
BR Brazil≈46 est.≈1 in 4.6M78——
UY Uruguay191 in 178K19——

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Franques is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Spain, Algeria

    Also written Franquès

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Algeria, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Franqués, Franquès

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Franquès, Franqués

16 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Franques, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Franques
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—285#27,617
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—106#26,450
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—106#26,340
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196145—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194141—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190140—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191133—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192127—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)189125—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199124—

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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

What does the name Franques mean, and where does it come from?
feminine plural of franc Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Franques?
A machine transcription gives /fʁɑ̃k/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Franques have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 219 people named Franques in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled franques.
Where is Franques most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Franques is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 178 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Franques?
In Spain, the national register counted 106 people named Franques, about 1 in 472 thousand residents.

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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, “Franques”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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