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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

MaleFemale
31 833 (49%)33 176 (51%)

Age group distribution

18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
4 82616 12412 9447 1433 3722 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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