How common is the surname DeFalco?

2,417 people in the United States had the surname DeFalco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,739 Americans. It ranked 12,766th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname DeFalco?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named DeFalco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named DeFalco?

Rubens de Falco, Brazilian actor (1931–2008), followed by Jonathan De Falco.

Where is the surname DeFalco most common?

Wikidata records people named DeFalco in Brazil, Belgium and the United States.

Is the surname DeFalco getting more or less common?

More common. 2,220 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,417 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname DeFalco

An Italian surname, carried by 2,417 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D142

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DeFalco is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian De Falco.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,417 people named DeFalco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,739 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,220.

#12,766

rank among US surnames

2,417

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,757)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,757	Frei	2,419	127,634
#12,760	Callanan	2,418	127,686
#12,766	Stalter	2,417	127,739
#12,772	Stiner	2,416	127,792
#12,775	Hennig	2,415	127,845

Who is named DeFalco

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named DeFalco identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous DeFalcos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rubens de Falco
Brazilian actor (1931–2008)
Jonathan De Falco
Belgian footballer and pornographic actor, born 1984
Tom DeFalco
American comics writer and editor, born 1950

Notable DeFalcos come mostly from Brazil (1), Belgium (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Falco

Surnames that sound like DeFalco

Defelice

DeFalco has the Soundex code D142, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D142.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname DeFalco come from?: Borrowed from Italian De Falco.
How common is the surname DeFalco?: 2,417 people in the United States had the surname DeFalco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,739 Americans. It ranked 12,766th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname DeFalco?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named DeFalco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named DeFalco?: Rubens de Falco, Brazilian actor (1931–2008), followed by Jonathan De Falco.
Where is the surname DeFalco most common?: Wikidata records people named DeFalco in Brazil, Belgium and the United States.
Is the surname DeFalco getting more or less common?: More common. 2,220 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,417 in 2010, up 8.9%.
What are other spellings of DeFalco?: Falco.