Last name: FRAN
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Last name frequency
FRAN : This last name is indexed 45,059 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
FRAN : 1: Croatian: from a short form of local equivalents of the Latin personal name Franciscus (see Francis).2: Spanish: probably an altered form of Catalan Franc.3: Hispanic (mainly Philippines): from a short form of the Spanish personal name Franco or Francisco.
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