Popularity of the last name by country

Netherlands

• Noord-Holland (2,437)
• Noord-Brabant (1,669)
• Zuid-Holland (1,221)
• Utrecht (1,203)
• Zeeland (1,019)
• Limburg (284)
• Gelderland (271)
• Fryslân | Friesland (239)
• Overijssel (206)
• Groningen (103)
• Drenthe (15)
• Flevoland (3)

All countries

• France (2,006,009)
• Belgium (167,504)
• Canada (34,884)
• Netherlands (13,682)
• Switzerland (6,258)
• Algeria (6,249)
• United States (4,382)
• Germany (3,288)
• Martinique (3,075)
• Réunion (2,470)
• Luxembourg (1,963)
• Guadeloupe (1,792)
• Italy (1,788)
• Unknown country (1,787)
• United Kingdom (1,679)
• Egypt (1,112)
• Sweden (922)
• Spain (768)
• Mauritius (692)
• Morocco (534)
• Madagascar (529)
• Viet Nam (481)
• Haiti (409)
• Austria (408)
• French Guiana (371)
• Portugal (285)
• Tunisia (277)
• India (188)
• New Caledonia (182)
• Poland (132)
• New Zealand (127)
• Australia (123)
• Ireland (121)
• Suriname (112)
• Turkey (103)
• Russian Federation (96)
• Czech republic (86)
• Indonesia (85)
• Chile (74)
• Monaco (73)

Origine of last name

FRANCOIS : French Walloon West Indian (mainly Haiti) and Mauritian (François): from the French personal name François Latin Franciscus (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Francis">Francis</a>). This surname is by far most common in Haiti. It is also established elsewhere in the West Indies (e.g. in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Grenada and Guadeloupe) and also in the Flemish part of Belgium.