# Falk (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,979 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,991 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,774 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (11,575 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German, Jewish and Scandinavian/North Germanic surname, from German Falke, Yiddish פֿאַלקאַן (falkan), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish falk (“falcon”). Compare Valk. * As an English surname, variant of Faulks.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Falk 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Falk in the United States and Austria.

## People named Falk

- Peter Falk, American actor (1927–2011)
- Lee Falk, American comics writer (1911–1999)
- Richard Anderson Falk, American law professor and writer
- Lisanne Falk, American actress
- Allison Falk, association football player
- Sally Falk Moore, American anthropologist (1924-2021)
- Norbert Falk, Austrian writer (1872–1932)

## Similar surnames

Faulk, Flack, Folk, Falco, Fulk, Flake, Falls, Fales, Fails, Fallis, Faulks, Fallas.

## 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.