Given name & surname
Francese
Francese is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.
Original ItalianFranzese
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Francese through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 0 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 605 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Francese’s family of names
In Italian usage, Francese as a surname has a related form in FRANZESE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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