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    The surname Fales

    A surname, carried by 2,539 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F420

    Fales: #12,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fales #12,250, 2,539 people Fales: #12,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fales #12,250, 2,539 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fales is more common than 92.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,539 people named Fales in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,601 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,492.

    #12,250
    rank among US surnames
    2,539
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,570)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,242Satterlee2,541121,506
    #12,247Bondurant2,540121,553
    #12,250Koeller2,539121,601
    #12,255Cabe2,538121,649

    Who is named Fales

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

    93% of people named Fales identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fales

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fales?
    2,539 people in the United States had the surname Fales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,601 Americans. It ranked 12,250th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fales?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fales identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Fales getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,539 in 2010, up 1.9%.