How common is the surname Falconer?

3,446 people in the United States had the surname Falconer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,595 Americans. It ranked 9,440th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Falconer?

Etta Zuber Falconer, American mathematician & academic (1933–2002), followed by Ian Falconer.

Where is the surname Falconer most common?

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

Is the surname Falconer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,256 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,446 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Falconer

An occupational surname, carried by 3,446 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Falconer is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation.

Falconer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,446 people named Falconer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,595 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,256.

#9,440

rank among US surnames

3,446

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,213)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,431	Geter	3,449	89,517
#9,433	Bork	3,448	89,543
#9,437	Bethune	3,447	89,569
#9,440	Wehner	3,446	89,595
#9,444	Durso	3,445	89,621
#9,446	McGruder	3,444	89,647
#9,449	Subramanian	3,443	89,673

Who is named Falconer

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

71% of people named Falconer identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Falconers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1965
Colin Falconer
Australian writer, born 1953

Notable Falconers come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Falconer

Falconer has the Soundex code F425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F425.

Questions

How common is the surname Falconer?: 3,446 people in the United States had the surname Falconer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,595 Americans. It ranked 9,440th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Falconer?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Falconer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Falconer?: Etta Zuber Falconer, American mathematician & academic (1933–2002), followed by Ian Falconer.
Where is the surname Falconer most common?: Wikidata records people named Falconer in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Falconer?: Falconer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Falconer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,256 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,446 in 2010, up 5.8%.
What are other spellings of Falconer?: Falkner, Faulkner and Forkner.