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Question:No my names not Franco but I have found its origin for you,
Franco
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.
hope this helps.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: No my names not Franco but I have found its origin for you,
Franco
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.
hope this helps.

no

No. The surname began when someone was identified as being of the Frank tribe, one of many that settled in what is now Spain.

No, but I know where to look.

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.c...
has 5,000+ entries

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f...
has 412. Here are a couple of interesting ones.

Ancestral File
1. (Not Known) FRANCO - Ancestral File
Gender: U Birth/Christening: < 1892 <Vallelonga, Pratameno, Caltanissetta, Sicily>

2. Abraham FRANCO - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: < 1545 <, Amsterdam, , Netherlands>

3. Agapita FRANCO - Ancestral File
Gender: F Birth/Christening: Abt 1825

4. Agustin FRANCO - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: Abt. 07 1908 Aug Guerrero, Chih., Mex.

5. Alberto FRANCO - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: < 1870 <Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Phil>

6. Alfred C FRANCO - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: 1879 , Maui, , Hawaii

7. Alijandra Plaza FRANCO - Ancestral File
Gender: F Birth/Christening: 1 Apr 1890 Mariposa, Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines

8. Amy FRANCO - Ancestral File
Gender: F Birth/Christening: < 1868 <Lyngsaa, Albaek, Hjor., Den>

http://genforum.genealogy.com/franco/
Everyone here is searching for info on Franco relatives. If you notice, not all are from the same exact place, and they may or may not be related. You need to do some basic tracing on your ancestors to identify the likely relatives.
If you are just asking out of curiousity.. no, my last name is not Franco.