Cities That Start With F

25 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with F are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 25 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 38 US cities that start with F, followed by capital cities.

Only 25 cities start with F, so each one counts. Chinese cities lead the size order, with Foshan and Fuzhou near the top. Frankfurt am Main in Germany and Fukuoka in Japan round out a very international group.

Fort is the standout pattern in the US list: Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale and Fort Collins all appear, so kids can learn them as one family. Fresno in California is a short, simple F word that younger children can sound out on their own.

Big cities starting with F: 25
Largest: Foshan China
Largest in the US: Fort Worth Texas

Cities that start with F around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Foshan	China	9.0 million
2	Faisalabad	Pakistan	3.8 million
3	Fuzhou	China	3.7 million
4	Fortaleza	Brazil	2.4 million
5	Fuyang	China	1.8 million
6	Fukuoka	Japan	1.6 million
7	Faridabad	India	1.4 million
8	Fushun	China	1.4 million
9	Fes	Morocco	1.2 million
10	Fengxiang	China	1.1 million
11	Fort Worth	United States	1.0 million
12	Freetown	Sierra Leone	802,639
13	Fuxin	China	689,050
14	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	650,000
15	Feira de Santana	Brazil	619,609
16	Fresno	United States	542,107
17	Florianopolis	Brazil	508,826
18	Fukuyama	Japan	468,812
19	Fujisawa	Japan	439,728
20	Fenghuang	China	370,000
21	Florence	Italy	367,150
22	Franca	Brazil	358,539
23	Fengshan	Taiwan	356,463
24	Fatih	Turkey	356,025
25	Firozabad	India	306,409

US cities that start with F

City	State	Population
Fort Worth	Texas	1.0 million
Fresno	California	542,107
Fort Wayne	Indiana	260,326
Fremont	California	232,206
Fontana	California	212,704
Fayetteville	North Carolina	201,963
Fort Lauderdale	Florida	183,146
Fort Collins	Colorado	170,924
Frisco	Texas	154,407
Fullerton	California	140,847
Fargo	North Dakota	118,523
Fairfield	California	112,970
Flint	Michigan	98,310
Federal Way	Washington	95,171
Fordham	New York	94,678
Fall River	Massachusetts	94,000
Flatbush	New York	93,361
Fort Smith	Arkansas	88,194
Fayetteville	Arkansas	82,830
Farmington Hills	Michigan	81,330
Fishers	Indiana	76,794
Folsom	California	76,375
Fort Myers	Florida	74,013
Franklin	Tennessee	72,639
Flower Mound	Texas	71,253
Flagstaff	Arizona	70,320
Frederick	Maryland	69,479
Framingham	Massachusetts	68,318
Forest Hills	New York	67,714
Framingham Center	Massachusetts	65,413
Flatlands	New York	63,601
Florence-Graham	California	63,387
Financial District	New York	60,976
Fountainebleau	Florida	59,764
Fairfield	Connecticut	59,052
Fountain Valley	California	56,987
Florissant	Missouri	52,268
Flagami	Florida	50,834

Capital cities that start with F

Capital	Country
Freetown	Sierra Leone
Funafuti	Tuvalu

Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with F?

Foshan in China, with about 9.0 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with F?

The largest are Fort Worth, Texas, Fresno, California, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fremont, California, Fontana, California.

What capital cities start with F?

Freetown (Sierra Leone), Funafuti (Tuvalu).

Which country has the most big cities starting with F?

China, with 7 of the cities on this list.

Source: the GeoNames database: world cities with 300,000 or more people and US cities with 50,000 or more. Population figures are the latest GeoNames counts and can lag behind new census results.

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