# Falcon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/falcon/  
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 Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,125 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,398 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,413 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (11,371 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* From Spanish Falcón * Calque from Amerindian languages, for the bird falcon.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Falcon 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) | 23% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 71% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Falcon in the United States, Argentina and France.

## People named Falcon

- Jonah Falcon, American actor and writer
- Yael Falcón, Argentine association football referee
- Ada Falcón, Argentine singer and actress (1905-2002)
- André Falcon, actor (1924-2009)
- Jeffrey Falcon, American actor

## Similar surnames

Falcone, Falconi, Falconer, Falkner, Falzone, Faulconer, Faulkner, Feliciano, Folsom, Flickinger, Fleischman, Fleshman.

## 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.