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Francis

in Iowa

There are 476 people with the last name "Francis" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Francis 551
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  1. is 547th most common Hodges
  2. is 548th most common Wall
  3. is 549th most common Hobbs
  4. is 550th most common Cochran
  5. is 551st most common Francis
  6. is 552nd most common Kaiser
  7. is 553rd most common Kirkpatrick
  8. is 554th most common Webster
  9. is 555th most common Byers

Similar Names and Nicknames

Franklin, Frank, Franco, Franks, Francisco, Francois, France, Franz, Frantz, Franke

Most Common First Names for Francis

Dennis, John, Michael, Donald, Robert, George, Larry, Mary, Richard, Thomas

Meaning & History

English: from the personal name Francis (Old French form Franceis, Latin Franciscus, Italian Francisco). This was originally an ethnic name meaning ‘Frank’ and hence ‘Frenchman’. The personal name owed much of its popularity during the Middle Ages to the fame of St. Francis of Assisi (1181–1226), whose baptismal name was actually Giovanni but who was nicknamed Francisco because his father was absent in France at the time of his birth. As an American family name this has absorbed cognates from several other European languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).

Jewish (American): an Americanization of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames, or an adoption of the non-Jewish surname.

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Dennis Francis, IA (9 searches)
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