Francisco Family History

Spanish and Portuguese: from the personal name Francisco Latin Franciscus (see Francis). Italian: from the personal name Francisco a variant of Francesco.

In North America the surname Francisco is also an altered form of the latter and a shortened (and altered) form of the patronymics De Francisco, De Francesco, and Di Francesco. Americanized form of Franciscus a surname of German origin.

Altered form of Fransoy itself apparently an altered form of French François ‘Francis’ (see Francois) or less likely of the ethnic name Français ‘Frenchman’.

American shortened and altered form of Croatian Francišković: patronymic from a vernacular form of the Latin personal name Franciscus (see Francis).