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    The surname Falgoust

    A French place surname, carried by 646 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F422

    Falgoust: #34,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Falgoust #34,916, 646 people Falgoust: #34,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Falgoust #34,916, 646 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Falgoust is more common than 78.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Variant of French Falgoux, a habitational surname from the town of Le Falgoux, in Cantal.

    Falgoust is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 646 people named Falgoust in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 477,934 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 633.

    #34,916
    rank among US surnames
    646
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #33,933)

    Who is named Falgoust

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

    94% of people named Falgoust identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • 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.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Falgoust come from?
    Variant of French Falgoux, a habitational surname from the town of Le Falgoux, in Cantal.
    How common is the surname Falgoust?
    646 people in the United States had the surname Falgoust in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 477,934 Americans. It ranked 34,916th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Falgoust?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Falgoust identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Falgoust?
    Falgoust is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Falgoust getting more or less common?
    More common. 633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 646 in 2010, up 2.1%.