Meaning of the nameFrancina
- Female
- Fran-ci-na
Francina is a feminine name of uncertain origin, recorded in the 2022 Census mainly for people born from 1940 to 1970.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,168 people named Francina, the 7,449th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 62, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Francina is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,168
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,449
- Median age
- 62 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,669
- people
Francina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Francina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (228 people).
1,159 women 0 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Francina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Francina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.002%
- Ceará 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 232 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 178 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 122 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 111 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 62 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 51 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 45 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 42 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 41 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 41 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 28 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 28 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 21 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 21 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 21 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 21 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 18 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 17 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Francina
The origin of Francina is uncertain, and its formation is not documented. In the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, Francisca and Francine have their own entries, and the morpheme list records -ina as a diminutive affix of Latin origin in names such as Francelina. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,168 people named Francina, with a median age of 62. The name is almost always recorded for women, and no decade of birth after 1990 appears.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Francine · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Francisca · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
Questions about the name Francina
What does the name Francina mean?
The meaning of Francina is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Francina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,168 people with the first name Francina, which ranks it number 7,449 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Francina a boy's or a girl's name?
Francina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,159 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Francina most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Francina (232 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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