Surname Checker / French
How Common Is the Last Name French?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname French today
70,852
Ranked #525 of 162,254 published surnames · 21.69 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 63,991 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
85.75%
Black
8.1%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.66%
Hispanic
2.45%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.