# Falconer (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,446 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,440 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 89,595 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (3,256 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Falkner, Faulkner, Forkner |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Falconer 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Falconer in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Falconer

- Etta Zuber Falconer, American mathematician & academic (1933–2002)
- Ian Falconer, American illustrator and writer, costume and set designer (1959–2023)
- Deborah Falconer, American singer, songwriter, model, and actress
- Colin Falconer, Australian writer

## Similar surnames

Faulkner, Falkner, Faulconer, Falcon, Falcone, Falzone, Falconi, 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.