Popularity of the last name by country
Spain
All countries
- France (176,124)
- Belgium (7,749)
- United States (834)
- Germany (660)
- United Kingdom (418)
- Algeria (395)
- Netherlands (173)
- Turkey (118)
- Italy (112)
- Spain (93)
- Canada (49)
- Norway (47)
- Ireland (44)
- Thailand (39)
- Morocco (34)
- Luxembourg (27)
- Switzerland (26)
- Austria (22)
- Unknown country (19)
- Monaco (15)
- Viet Nam (15)
- Australia (12)
- Poland (12)
- Israel (11)
- Sweden (11)
- Tunisia (9)
- Argentina (7)
- New Caledonia (7)
- Réunion (7)
- Syrian Arab Republic (7)
- Denmark (6)
- Guadeloupe (5)
- Portugal (5)
- Chile (4)
- Faroe islands (4)
- Lebanon (4)
- Russian Federation (4)
- Brazil (3)
- Martinique (3)
- Cuba (2)
Origine of last name
DEFRANCE : French (mainly northern): habitational name with fused preposition de ‘from’ given to someone from France (at the time when the name only applied to those lands belonging to the French king covering only a small part of its current territory) or from Île-de-France (i.e. from a region centered on Paris). Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/France">France</a>.
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