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French Naturalisation Statistics 2022

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

Year :
Decree type :

In 2022, 59 210 people obtained French nationality by decree, according to data extracted from the Journal Officiel (JORF). This represents a decrease of 20.5% compared to 2021.

  • Naturalisations by decree account for 42 683 cases (72.1%), reinstatements for 648 (1.1%), and collective effects for 15 879 (26.8%).
  • The most represented foreign countries of origin are Maroc (6 944), Algérie (5 529), Tunisie (3 088).
  • 106 departments are represented. The departments with the most naturalisations are Paris (6 671), Val-de-Marne (4 066), Seine-Saint-Denis (3 695).
Total naturalisations
59 210
-20.5% vs 2021
Naturalisations
42 683
72.1% of total
Reinstatements
648
1.1% of total
Collective effect
15 879
26.8% of total

Gender distribution

MaleFemale
28 766 (49%)30 036 (51%)

Age group distribution

18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
4 03417 33811 9716 0252 4821 262

By country of origin

206 countries
#CountryCount%
1France
12 15520.9%
2Maroc
6 94411.9%
3Algérie
5 5299.5%
4Tunisie
3 0885.3%
5Côte d’Ivoire
1 6522.8%
6Cameroun
1 5782.7%
7Sénégal
1 4192.4%
8Royaume-Uni
1 2272.1%
9Roumanie
1 1211.9%
10République Démocratique du Congo
1 0741.8%
11Russie
8841.5%
12Italie
8631.5%
13Guinée
8581.5%
14Mali
8041.4%
15Liban
7981.4%
16Syrie
7461.3%
17Turquie
7191.2%
18Madagascar
6951.2%
19République du Congo
6821.2%
20Haïti
5500.9%
21Arménie
4970.9%
22Brésil
4840.8%
23Comores
4660.8%
24Bénin
4360.8%
25Espagne
4210.7%
26Ukraine
4170.7%
27Colombie
4030.7%
28Vietnam
3950.7%
29Togo
3820.7%
30Pologne
3720.6%
31Kosovo
3540.6%
32Moldavie
3490.6%
33Portugal
3390.6%
34Gabon
3370.6%
35Bangladesh
3030.5%
36Albanie
2980.5%
37Chine
2940.5%
38Irak
2900.5%
39Allemagne
2650.5%
40Etats-Unis
2590.4%
41Belgique
2590.4%
42République centrafricaine
2530.4%
43Iran
2460.4%
44Egypte
2400.4%
45Sri Lanka
2380.4%
46Mexique
2020.3%
47Inde
1990.3%
48Burkina Faso
1980.3%
49Afghanistan
1940.3%
50Mauritanie
1940.3%
51Géorgie
1910.3%
52Bulgarie
1870.3%
53Angola
1750.3%
54Serbie
1740.3%
55Soudan
1650.3%
56Maurice
1630.3%
57Venezuela
1560.3%
58Rwanda
1460.3%
59Cap-Vert
1420.2%
60Pakistan
1420.2%
61Suisse
1310.2%
62Népal
1300.2%
63Canada
1290.2%
64Grèce
1130.2%
65Pérou
1050.2%
66Nigéria
1030.2%
67Argentine
1000.2%
68Tchad
1000.2%
69Burundi
990.2%
70Azerbaïdjan
950.2%
71Niger
880.2%
72Hongrie
860.1%
73Biélorussie
820.1%
74Djibouti
680.1%
75Arabie Saoudite
670.1%
76Libye
630.1%
77U R S S
630.1%
78Chili
620.1%
79Cambodge
600.1%
80Bosnie-Herzégovine
530.1%
81Equateur
530.1%
82Kazakhstan
470.1%
83Ethiopie
460.1%
84Cuba
450.1%
85Taïwan
440.1%
86Philippines
420.1%
87Somalie
410.1%
88République tchèque
410.1%
89Thaïlande
410.1%
90Mongolie
410.1%
91Australie
390.1%
92Kenya
380.1%
93République dominicaine
380.1%
94Bolivie
370.1%
95Yémen
360.1%
96Corée du Sud
340.1%
97Pays-Bas
330.1%
98Lettonie
330.1%
99Macédoine
320.1%
100Ghana
320.1%
101Yougoslavie
300.1%
102Afrique du sud
300.1%
103Laos
290.0%
104Sierra Leone
290.0%
105Croatie
280.0%
106Kirghizistan
260.0%
107Guinée-Bissao
260.0%
108Irlande
250.0%
109Emirats arabes unis
250.0%
110Ouzbékistan
240.0%
111Suriname
230.0%
112Japon
220.0%
113Slovaquie
210.0%
114Monténégro
200.0%
115Danemark
200.0%
116Erythrée
200.0%
117Salvador
180.0%
118Ouganda
180.0%
119Congo
180.0%
120Jordanie
170.0%
121URSS
170.0%
122Israël
160.0%
123Nouvelle-Zélande
160.0%
124Territoires palestiniens
160.0%
125Finlande
150.0%
126Suède
150.0%
127Guatémala
140.0%
128Dominique
140.0%
129Costa Rica
140.0%
130Koweït
130.0%
131Zaïre
120.0%
132Uruguay
120.0%
133Chypre
120.0%
134République populaire du Congo
110.0%
135Gambie
100.0%
136Oman
90.0%
137Guyana
90.0%
138Lituanie
90.0%
139Tanzanie
90.0%
140Luxembourg
90.0%
141Slovénie
90.0%
142Indonésie
80.0%
143Autriche
80.0%
144Malaisie
80.0%
145Norvège
80.0%
146Principauté de Monaco
80.0%
147Sainte-Lucie
80.0%
148Honduras
70.0%
149Malte
60.0%
150Qatar
60.0%
151Jamaïque
60.0%
152Nicaragua
50.0%
153Libéria
50.0%
154Bhoutan
50.0%
155Zimbabwe
50.0%
156Nigeria
50.0%
157Singapour
50.0%
158Tadjikistan
40.0%
159Tchécoslovaquie
40.0%
160Birmanie
40.0%
161Serbie-et-Monténégro
30.0%
162Vanuatu
30.0%
163Etats- Unis
30.0%
164Cap- Vert
30.0%
165Congo-Brazzaville
30.0%
166Mozambique
20.0%
167Principauté
20.0%
168Paraguay
20.0%
169Panama
20.0%
170Sahara Occidental
20.0%
171Monaco
20.0%
172Sao Tomé-et-Principe
20.0%
173Madagas- car
20.0%
174Macédoine du Nord
20.0%
175Fidji
20.0%
176Etat libre associé de Porto Rico
20.0%
177Estonie
20.0%
178Turkménistan
20.0%
179Congo-Léopoldville
20.0%
180Bas-Rhin
20.0%
181Andorre
20.0%
182Zambie
20.0%
183Yémen du Nord
20.0%
184Mada - gascar
10.0%
185Territoire français des Afars et des Issas
10.0%
186Essonne
10.0%
187Dahomey
10.0%
188Madagas - car
10.0%
189Trinité et Tobago
10.0%
190Corée du Nord
10.0%
191Yémen du Sud
10.0%
192Seychelles
10.0%
193Namibie
10.0%
194Royaume- Uni
10.0%
195Botswana
10.0%
196R F A
10.0%
197Palestine
10.0%
198Val de Marne
10.0%
199Papouasie-Nouvelle Guinée
10.0%
200Bahreïn
10.0%
201Ile Maurice
10.0%
20214 e
10.0%
203Hérault
10.0%
204Antilles néerlandaises
10.0%
205Somme
10.0%
206Liechtenstein
10.0%

Most common first names

#First nameCount%
1Mohamed
9318.8%
2Mohammed
3373.2%
3Ahmed
2752.6%
4Fatima
2302.2%
5Maria
2282.1%
6Ali
2212.1%
7Adam
2051.9%
8Youssef
1991.9%
9Sara
1901.8%
10Mamadou
1881.8%
11Sarah
1831.7%
12Hamza
1821.7%
13Marie
1641.5%
14Amine
1591.5%
15Omar
1591.5%
16David
1541.4%
17Lina
1511.4%
18Yassine
1491.4%
19Yasmine
1421.3%
20Anna
1341.3%
21Fatoumata
1291.2%
22Mehdi
1271.2%
23Ibrahim
1171.1%
24Mariam
1131.1%
25Imane
1131.1%
26Daniel
1111.0%
27Sofia
1051.0%
28Meriem
1041.0%
29Amina
1041.0%
30Nadia
1021.0%
31Rachid
1011.0%
32Zakaria
1000.9%
33Moussa
1000.9%
34Anas
990.9%
35Salma
940.9%
36Abdoulaye
920.9%
37Ayoub
920.9%
38Ibrahima
910.9%
39Karim
910.9%
40Elena
870.8%
41Mustapha
860.8%
42Khadija
860.8%
43Aya
830.8%
44Rayan
820.8%
45Amir
800.8%
46Jean
770.7%
47Nabil
770.7%
48Malika
760.7%
49Diana
760.7%
50Nour
760.7%
51Yacine
760.7%
52Yanis
750.7%
53Amadou
750.7%
54Samir
750.7%
55Hicham
740.7%
56Hassan
740.7%
57Aminata
720.7%
58Walid
710.7%
59Mourad
700.7%
60Aïcha
700.7%
61Younes
700.7%
62Laura
690.6%
63Brahim
680.6%
64Sami
680.6%
65Tatiana
670.6%
66Asma
670.6%
67Ismail
670.6%
68Kenza
670.6%
69Sonia
660.6%
70Ana
650.6%
71Zineb
650.6%
72Alexandra
640.6%
73Oussama
640.6%
74Karima
640.6%
75Said
640.6%
76Aymen
630.6%
77Gabriel
630.6%
78Emma
610.6%
79Fatma
610.6%
80Fatou
600.6%
81Mohammad
600.6%
82Inès
600.6%
83Meryem
600.6%
84Ousmane
600.6%
85Anis
590.6%
86Mariama
590.6%
87Lamia
590.6%
88Samia
580.5%
89Marwa
570.5%
90Samira
570.5%
91Ines
570.5%
92Hajar
570.5%
93Houda
560.5%
94Oumar
550.5%
95Alice
550.5%
96Fatiha
540.5%
97Khalid
540.5%
98Myriam
540.5%
99Soufiane
540.5%
100Rim
540.5%

By department

#DepartmentCount%
175 — Paris
6 67111.6%
294 — Val-de-Marne
4 0667.1%
393 — Seine-Saint-Denis
3 6956.4%
492 — Hauts-de-Seine
2 8845.0%
578 — Yvelines
2 8094.9%
613 — Bouches-du-Rhône
2 6574.6%
769 — Rhône
2 3184.0%
895 — Val-d'Oise
2 1493.7%
991 — Essonne
2 1173.7%
1059 — Nord
1 9663.4%
1177 — Seine-et-Marne
1 7783.1%
126 — 6
1 2872.2%
1333 — Gironde
1 2692.2%
1467 — Bas-Rhin
1 1272.0%
1544 — Loire-Atlantique
9411.6%
1634 — Hérault
7851.4%
1731 — Haute-Garonne
7421.3%
1835 — Ille-et-Vilaine
7191.2%
1976 — Seine-Maritime
6911.2%
2038 — Isère
6831.2%
2157 — Moselle
6771.2%
221 — 1
6471.1%
2354 — Meurthe-et-Moselle
5250.9%
2421 — Côte-d'Or
5220.9%
2545 — Loiret
5060.9%
2668 — Haut-Rhin
4940.9%
2751 — Marne
4500.8%
2863 — Puy-de-Dôme
4280.7%
2914 — Calvados
4210.7%
3084 — Vaucluse
3860.7%
3174 — Haute-Savoie
3810.7%
3249 — Maine-et-Loire
3790.7%
3325 — Doubs
3710.6%
3483 — Var
3490.6%
3542 — Loire
3470.6%
3699 — 99
3320.6%
3737 — Indre-et-Loire
3150.5%
3830 — Gard
3130.5%
392 — 2
3090.5%
4027 — Eure
2940.5%
4187 — Haute-Vienne
2940.5%
4260 — Oise
2920.5%
4386 — Vienne
2900.5%
4462 — Pas-de-Calais
2710.5%
4564 — Pyrénées-Atlantiques
2610.5%
4671 — Saône-et-Loire
2460.4%
4750 — Manche
2400.4%
4828 — Eure-et-Loir
2400.4%
4972 — Sarthe
2370.4%
5089 — Yonne
2300.4%
5117 — Charente-Maritime
2280.4%
5279 — Deux-Sèvres
2180.4%
5329 — Finistère
1970.3%
5411 — Aude
1870.3%
5573 — Savoie
1840.3%
5616 — Charente
1810.3%
5710 — Aube
1800.3%
58973 — Guyane
1760.3%
5956 — Morbihan
1730.3%
6047 — Lot-et-Garonne
1660.3%
6166 — Pyrénées-Orientales
1570.3%
6222 — Côtes-d'Armor
1540.3%
63974 — La Réunion
1540.3%
6490 — Territoire de Belfort
1520.3%
6526 — Drôme
1500.3%
6661 — Orne
1440.3%
6741 — Loir-et-Cher
1300.2%
6824 — Dordogne
1230.2%
6985 — Vendée
1140.2%
7039 — Jura
1140.2%
7158 — Nièvre
1080.2%
727 — 7
1080.2%
73976 — Mayotte
1060.2%
745 — 5
1030.2%
7553 — Mayenne
1020.2%
7640 — Landes
930.2%
7719 — Corrèze
900.2%
783 — 3
890.2%
7988 — Vosges
880.2%
8081 — Tarn
750.1%
8180 — Somme
730.1%
8218 — Cher
700.1%
8336 — Indre
670.1%
8443 — Haute-Loire
620.1%
854 — 4
600.1%
8665 — Hautes-Pyrénées
580.1%
87971 — Guadeloupe
550.1%
8870 — Haute-Saône
520.1%
8982 — Tarn-et-Garonne
470.1%
90978 — 978
380.1%
9155 — Meuse
370.1%
9223 — Creuse
360.1%
9312 — Aveyron
360.1%
948 — 8
340.1%
95988 — 988
330.1%
9615 — Cantal
320.1%
9752 — Haute-Marne
300.1%
98972 — Martinique
280.0%
9946 — Lot
260.0%
1009 — 9
250.0%
10132 — Gers
200.0%
10248 — Lozère
170.0%
103987 — 987
130.0%
10420 — 20
10.0%
105975 — 975
10.0%
106986 — 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 2022?

In 2022, 59 210 people acquired French nationality through decrees published in the Journal Officiel (JORF): 42 683 by naturalisation, 648 by reinstatement, and 15 879 by collective effect.

Which country of origin has the most naturalisations in 2022?

In 2022, the leading foreign country of origin is Maroc, with 6 944 people naturalised.

What is the male / female split of naturalisations in 2022?

In 2022, naturalised people break down into 49% men and 51% women.

Which departments record the most naturalisations in 2022?

In 2022, the departments with the most naturalisations are Paris (6 671), Val-de-Marne (4 066), Seine-Saint-Denis (3 695).

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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