# Falco (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/falco/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,695 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,126 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 65,760 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.5% (4,449 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Romance; from Italian Falco and Catalan Falcó.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Falco in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Falco in the United States.

## People named Falco

- Edie Falco, American actress
- Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (1942-1993)

## Similar surnames

Falk, Felix, Faulk, Fleck, Fellows, Flick, Falls, Flagg, Flack, Folk, Feliz, Fulk.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.