Last Name FRANCIS

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Meaning From the Saxon, Frank, free. The Franks were a people who anciently inhabited part of Germany, and having conquered Gaul, changed the name of the country to France.
Origin Jewish, Arabic, Lithuanian, Irish, Anglo-saxon, Lebanese, Falkland, Creole, Belgian, South african, Hungarian, Liberian

Rank 406 (2000 US census) 385 (1990 US census)
Count 71,723 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 63.89%, or 45824 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 27.57%, or 19774 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.3%, or 932 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 2.08%, or 1492 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.44%, or 1750 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.72%, or 1951 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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