French Naturalisation Statistics 2017

Data extracted from decrees published in the Journal Officiel (JORF)

Year :

Decree type :

In 2017, 65 283 people obtained French nationality by decree, according to data extracted from the Journal Officiel (JORF). This represents an increase of 0.3% compared to 2016.

Naturalisations by decree account for 44 563 cases (68.3%), reinstatements for 2 187 (3.4%), and collective effects for 18 533 (28.4%).
The most represented foreign countries of origin are Algérie (8 015), Maroc (7 145), Tunisie (3 032).
104 departments are represented. The departments with the most naturalisations are Paris (7 192), Hauts-de-Seine (6 819), Seine-Saint-Denis (6 348).

Total naturalisations

65 283

+0.3% vs 2016

Naturalisations

44 563

68.3% of total

Reinstatements

2 187

3.4% of total

Collective effect

18 533

28.4% of total

Gender distribution

Male	Female
31 833 (49%)	33 176 (51%)

Age group distribution

18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
4 826	16 124	12 944	7 143	3 372	2 319

By country of origin

233 countries

#CountryCount%

1France

14 70923.0%

2Algérie

8 01512.5%

3Maroc

7 14511.2%

4Tunisie

3 0324.7%

5URSS

1 9173.0%

6Cameroun

1 8412.9%

7Côte d’Ivoire

1 8032.8%

8Sénégal

1 5692.5%

9Roumanie

1 1321.8%

10Mali

1 0411.6%

11Turquie

9201.4%

12Haïti

9021.4%

13Guinée

8011.3%

14Madagascar

7591.2%

15Royaume-Uni

7401.2%

16Yougoslavie

7131.1%

17Zaïre

7071.1%

18Liban

7031.1%

19Comores

6211.0%

20Portugal

6121.0%

21Chine

5590.9%

22République populaire du Congo

4970.8%

23Vietnam

4860.8%

24Pologne

4490.7%

25Italie

4420.7%

26Colombie

4110.6%

27Syrie

3980.6%

28Togo

3860.6%

29Brésil

3180.5%

30Sri Lanka

3160.5%

31Bénin

3060.5%

32Mauritanie

3050.5%

33Russie

3000.5%

34Iran

2890.5%

35Gabon

2470.4%

36Egypte

2440.4%

37République du Congo

2410.4%

38Espagne

2360.4%

39Bangladesh

2330.4%

40Angola

2170.3%

41République centrafricaine

2140.3%

42Bulgarie

2130.3%

43Belgique

2090.3%

44Etats-Unis

2050.3%

45Inde

2040.3%

46République démocratique du Congo

1970.3%

47Pérou

1830.3%

48Pakistan

1760.3%

49Cambodge

1740.3%

50Afghanistan

1540.2%

51Cap-Vert

1490.2%

52Rwanda

1490.2%

53Tchad

1470.2%

54Albanie

1460.2%

55Arménie

1440.2%

56Mexique

1400.2%

57Canada

1340.2%

58RFA

1250.2%

59Irak

1220.2%

60Soudan

1190.2%

61Ile Maurice

1090.2%

62Congo-Kinshasa

1080.2%

63Allemagne

1070.2%

64Suisse

1070.2%

65Congo-Brazzaville

1070.2%

66Congo-Léopoldville

1030.2%

67Argentine

960.2%

68Dahomey

960.2%

69Congo belge

940.1%

70île Maurice

900.1%

71Venezuela

890.1%

72Burkina Faso

860.1%

73Grèce

850.1%

74Niger

840.1%

75Congo

830.1%

76Ethiopie

820.1%

77Haute-Volta

810.1%

78Nigéria

760.1%

79Philippines

760.1%

80Equateur

740.1%

81Laos

740.1%

82Ceylan

690.1%

83Hongrie

680.1%

84Ukraine

670.1%

85Pays-Bas

630.1%

86Chili

580.1%

87Thaïlande

550.1%

88Cuba

540.1%

89Bolivie

540.1%

90Corée du Sud

530.1%

91Arabie Saoudite

500.1%

92Soudan français

490.1%

93Bosnie-Herzégovine

470.1%

94République dominicaine

440.1%

95Burundi

420.1%

96Tchécoslovaquie

410.1%

97Népal

390.1%

98Somalie

370.1%

99Kenya

370.1%

100Géorgie

370.1%

101Ghana

360.1%

102Moldavie

360.1%

103Libye

340.1%

104Serbie-et-Monténégro

330.1%

105Taiwan

320.1%

106Australie

300.0%

107Azerbaïdjan

270.0%

108Suriname

270.0%

109Israël

270.0%

110Jordanie

260.0%

111Gambie

250.0%

112Sierra Leone

250.0%

113Mongolie

240.0%

114Japon

230.0%

115Oubangui-Chari

230.0%

116Guinée-Bissao

220.0%

117Biélorussie

220.0%

118Pakistan oriental

220.0%

119Afrique du sud

220.0%

120Suède

200.0%

121Principauté de Monaco

200.0%

122Maurice

190.0%

123Danemark

190.0%

124Antilles britanniques

190.0%

125Irlande

170.0%

126Emirats arabes unis

160.0%

127Djibouti

160.0%

128Serbie

160.0%

129Guinée portugaise

160.0%

130Koweït

150.0%

131RDA

150.0%

132Territoires palestiniens

150.0%

133Libéria

140.0%

134Ouganda

130.0%

135Birmanie

130.0%

136Malaisie

120.0%

137Luxembourg

120.0%

138Salvador

120.0%

139R F A

110.0%

140Dominique

100.0%

141Rwanda-Urundi

100.0%

142Guyana

90.0%

143Sainte-Lucie

90.0%

144Indonésie

90.0%

145Kazakhstan

90.0%

146Macédoine

90.0%

147Erythrée

80.0%

148Nigeria

80.0%

149Territoire français des Afars et des Issas

80.0%

150Croatie

70.0%

151Autriche

70.0%

152Kirghizistan

70.0%

153Lituanie

70.0%

154Nouvelle-Zélande

70.0%

155Ouzbékistan

70.0%

156Paraguay

70.0%

157R D A

70.0%

158Uruguay

70.0%

159Qatar

60.0%

160Costa Rica

60.0%

161Jamaïque

60.0%

162Slovaquie

60.0%

163Finlande

60.0%

164République tchèque

60.0%

165Chypre

60.0%

166Tanzanie

50.0%

167Hong Kong

50.0%

168Kosovo

50.0%

169Guatémala

50.0%

170Guatemala

50.0%

171Côte de l’Or

50.0%

17212 e

40.0%

173Côte française des Somalis

40.0%

174Trinité et Tobago

40.0%

175Yémen du Nord

40.0%

176, Etats-Unis

40.0%

177Congo Kinshasa

30.0%

178Sao Tomé-et-Principe

30.0%

179Seychelles

30.0%

180Yémen

30.0%

181Zimbabwe

30.0%

182Nouvelles-Hébrides

30.0%

183Bhoutan

30.0%

184Lettonie

30.0%

185Palestine

30.0%

186Nicaragua

30.0%

187Oman

30.0%

188Fidji

30.0%

189Madagas- car

30.0%

1905 e

20.0%

191Norvège

20.0%

192Loire-Atlantique

20.0%

193Indes

20.0%

194Honduras

20.0%

195Guyane hollandaise

20.0%

196Guyane britannique

20.0%

197Guinée équatoriale

20.0%

198Etats- Unis

20.0%

19910 e

20.0%

200Antilles néerlandaises

20.0%

201U.R.S.S.

20.0%

202district fédéral

10.0%

203entre l’Australie et la Nouvelle- Calédonie

10.0%

204Santiago

10.0%

205Corée du Nord

10.0%

206Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès

10.0%

207Congo Brazzaville

10.0%

208Tadjikistan

10.0%

209Taïwan

10.0%

210République du Vietnam

10.0%

211Cap- Vert

10.0%

212Liberia

10.0%

213Territoire français des Afars

10.0%

214Monténégro

10.0%

215Liechtenstein

10.0%

216Bahreïn

10.0%

217Apatride

10.0%

218Perse

10.0%

219Mada- gascar

10.0%

220Andorre

10.0%

221Rép.Démocratique du Congo

10.0%

2228 e

10.0%

223U R S S

10.0%

224Panama

10.0%

22515 e

10.0%

226Rép. démocratique du Congo

10.0%

227Val-de-Marne

10.0%

228Vanuatu

10.0%

22920 e

10.0%

23018 e

10.0%

231Madagas - car

10.0%

232Malte

10.0%

233Singapour

10.0%

Most common first names

#First nameCount%

1Mohamed

1 1459.3%

2Mohammed

4373.5%

3Ahmed

3933.2%

4Fatima

3142.5%

5Maria

2942.4%

6Ali

2872.3%

7Mamadou

2281.9%

8Adam

2221.8%

9Marie

2131.7%

10Sarah

1991.6%

11Fatoumata

1921.6%

12Omar

1791.5%

13Youssef

1771.4%

14Amine

1581.3%

15Nadia

1511.2%

16Rachid

1471.2%

17Amina

1461.2%

18Yasmine

1431.2%

19Sara

1431.2%

20Mariam

1351.1%

21Aminata

1351.1%

22Lina

1321.1%

23Malika

1301.1%

24Saïd

1301.1%

25Aïcha

1301.1%

26Jean

1281.0%

27Khadija

1281.0%

28Fatiha

1241.0%

29David

1241.0%

30Yassine

1241.0%

31Mustapha

1231.0%

32Mehdi

1201.0%

33Imane

1181.0%

34Rayan

1181.0%

35Ibrahim

1181.0%

36Karima

1170.9%

37Anna

1170.9%

38Karim

1150.9%

39Hamza

1130.9%

40Ibrahima

1110.9%

41Moussa

1110.9%

42Abdelkader

1080.9%

43Brahim

1050.9%

44Samir

1030.8%

45Samira

1010.8%

46Fatma

1010.8%

47Nabil

990.8%

48Aya

980.8%

49Samia

970.8%

50Abdoulaye

940.8%

51Inès

930.8%

52Zakaria

910.7%

53Mourad

900.7%

54Elena

900.7%

55Ayoub

890.7%

56Hassan

870.7%

57Daniel

860.7%

58Amel

840.7%

59Salma

830.7%

60Meriem

810.7%

61Zohra

800.6%

62Zineb

780.6%

63Amadou

760.6%

64Ana

760.6%

65Yanis

750.6%

66Walid

750.6%

67Anis

740.6%

68Joseph

740.6%

69Kamel

720.6%

70Sofiane

720.6%

71Younes

700.6%

72Sofia

690.6%

73José

690.6%

74Siham

680.6%

75Amir

680.6%

76Abdellah

680.6%

77Amal

680.6%

78Asma

670.5%

79Diana

670.5%

80Irina

660.5%

81Rachida

650.5%

82Amira

650.5%

83Yacine

650.5%

84Hanane

640.5%

85Houria

630.5%

86Abderrahmane

630.5%

87Abdallah

620.5%

88Sonia

620.5%

89Wassim

620.5%

90Sami

620.5%

91Hamid

620.5%

92Mariama

610.5%

93Souad

610.5%

94Khaled

610.5%

95Olga

610.5%

96Ousmane

610.5%

97Myriam

600.5%

98Farid

600.5%

99Awa

600.5%

100Hicham

600.5%

By department

#DepartmentCount%

175 — Paris

7 19211.3%

292 — Hauts-de-Seine

6 81910.7%

393 — Seine-Saint-Denis

6 34810.0%

494 — Val-de-Marne

4 0916.4%

578 — Yvelines

3 0064.7%

691 — Essonne

2 8744.5%

769 — Rhône

2 7294.3%

813 — Bouches-du-Rhône

2 1443.4%

995 — Val-d'Oise

1 9923.1%

1077 — Seine-et-Marne

1 9903.1%

1159 — Nord

1 5112.4%

1231 — Haute-Garonne

1 3522.1%

1367 — Bas-Rhin

1 1971.9%

146 — 6

1 1281.8%

1538 — Isère

1 0871.7%

1644 — Loire-Atlantique

8141.3%

1734 — Hérault

7971.3%

1857 — Moselle

7851.2%

1974 — Haute-Savoie

6761.1%

2054 — Meurthe-et-Moselle

6601.0%

2160 — Oise

6301.0%

2235 — Ille-et-Vilaine

6041.0%

2368 — Haut-Rhin

5740.9%

2433 — Gironde

5450.9%

2545 — Loiret

5110.8%

2699 — 99

4840.8%

2742 — Loire

4830.8%

2825 — Doubs

4750.7%

2976 — Seine-Maritime

4460.7%

301 — 1

3960.6%

3184 — Vaucluse

3890.6%

3263 — Puy-de-Dôme

3880.6%

3330 — Gard

3720.6%

3437 — Indre-et-Loire

3620.6%

352 — 2

3470.5%

3649 — Maine-et-Loire

3270.5%

37976 — Mayotte

2990.5%

3828 — Eure-et-Loir

2760.4%

3951 — Marne

2680.4%

4083 — Var

2560.4%

4114 — Calvados

2320.4%

4287 — Haute-Vienne

2290.4%

4380 — Somme

2160.3%

4490 — Territoire de Belfort

1990.3%

45973 — Guyane

1870.3%

4672 — Sarthe

1860.3%

4726 — Drôme

1840.3%

4886 — Vienne

1830.3%

4929 — Finistère

1740.3%

5062 — Pas-de-Calais

1730.3%

5110 — Aube

1700.3%

5227 — Eure

1640.3%

5341 — Loir-et-Cher

1470.2%

5456 — Morbihan

1400.2%

5585 — Vendée

1320.2%

5617 — Charente-Maritime

1310.2%

5782 — Tarn-et-Garonne

1290.2%

58971 — Guadeloupe

1280.2%

5973 — Savoie

1250.2%

6016 — Charente

1150.2%

613 — 3

1140.2%

6288 — Vosges

1110.2%

6379 — Deux-Sèvres

1100.2%

6439 — Jura

1070.2%

6553 — Mayenne

1030.2%

6621 — Côte-d'Or

890.1%

6736 — Indre

880.1%

6822 — Côtes-d'Armor

870.1%

6964 — Pyrénées-Atlantiques

830.1%

7050 — Manche

820.1%

7181 — Tarn

800.1%

7218 — Cher

800.1%

7361 — Orne

730.1%

7411 — Aude

720.1%

755 — 5

720.1%

7612 — Aveyron

710.1%

7719 — Corrèze

690.1%

78972 — Martinique

660.1%

7966 — Pyrénées-Orientales

640.1%

8047 — Lot-et-Garonne

640.1%

8143 — Haute-Loire

640.1%

8270 — Haute-Saône

630.1%

834 — 4

620.1%

848 — 8

610.1%

85978 — 978

550.1%

8655 — Meuse

530.1%

877 — 7

530.1%

8832 — Gers

520.1%

8924 — Dordogne

490.1%

9046 — Lot

480.1%

9171 — Saône-et-Loire

460.1%

92974 — La Réunion

450.1%

9365 — Hautes-Pyrénées

410.1%

94988 — 988

410.1%

959 — 9

380.1%

9652 — Haute-Marne

360.1%

9715 — Cantal

320.1%

9889 — Yonne

270.0%

9940 — Landes

180.0%

10023 — Creuse

170.0%

101987 — 987

120.0%

10258 — Nièvre

50.0%

10348 — Lozère

40.0%

104986 — 986

10.0%

Methodology and data source

These statistics are automatically extracted from naturalisation decrees published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française (JORF). They cover naturalisations by decree (NAT), reinstatements of French nationality (REI), and collective effects for minor children (EFF).

This data is provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute the official statistics of the French Ministry of the Interior.

Frequently asked questions

How many people were granted French nationality in 2017?

In 2017, 65 283 people acquired French nationality through decrees published in the Journal Officiel (JORF): 44 563 by naturalisation, 2 187 by reinstatement, and 18 533 by collective effect.

Which country of origin has the most naturalisations in 2017?

In 2017, the leading foreign country of origin is Algérie, with 8 015 people naturalised.

What is the male / female split of naturalisations in 2017?

In 2017, naturalised people break down into 49% men and 51% women.

Which departments record the most naturalisations in 2017?

In 2017, the departments with the most naturalisations are Paris (7 192), Hauts-de-Seine (6 819), Seine-Saint-Denis (6 348).

Where does this naturalisation data come from?

These figures are automatically extracted from naturalisation decrees published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française (JORF), available on Légifrance. They are provided for information only and do not constitute the official statistics of the French Ministry of the Interior.

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