How common is the surname Falco?

4,695 people in the United States had the surname Falco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,760 Americans. It ranked 7,126th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Falco?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Falco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Falco?

Edie Falco, American actress, followed by Louis Falco.

Where is the surname Falco most common?

Wikidata records people named Falco in the United States.

Is the surname Falco getting more or less common?

More common. 4,449 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,695 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Falco

An Italian surname, carried by 4,695 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Falco is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Romance; from Italian Falco and Catalan Falcó.

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 4,695 people named Falco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,760 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,449.

#7,126

rank among US surnames

4,695

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,952)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,120	Dilworth	4,699	65,705
#7,123	Bowler	4,698	65,719
#7,124	Baucom	4,696	65,746
#7,126	Menefee	4,695	65,760
#7,128	Newson	4,693	65,789

Who is named Falco

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

92% of people named Falco identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Falcos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edie Falco
American actress, born 1963
Louis Falco
American dancer and choreographer (1942-1993)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Falco

Falk

Falco has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Falco come from?: Borrowed from Romance; from Italian Falco and Catalan Falcó.
How common is the surname Falco?: 4,695 people in the United States had the surname Falco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,760 Americans. It ranked 7,126th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Falco?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Falco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Falco?: Edie Falco, American actress, followed by Louis Falco.
Where is the surname Falco most common?: Wikidata records people named Falco in the United States.
Is the surname Falco getting more or less common?: More common. 4,449 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,695 in 2010, up 5.5%.