Franco Family History
Franco Name Meaning
Spanish and Italian: from a personal name, in origin an ethnic
name for a Frank, a member of the Germanic people who inhabited the
lands around the river Rhine in Roman times. See also Frank.
The personal name was popularized by the cult of San Franco di
Assergi.Italian and Spanish: nickname or status name from
franco ‘free’ (usually denoting a freed slave).Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Franco
Name Distribution of Franco Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Franco families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Franco families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Franco census records
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Franco Family Origin
Franco Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Franco Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Franco census records
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Military Service by Franco
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