How common is the surname Falk?

11,979 people in the United States had the surname Falk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,774 Americans. It ranked 2,991st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Falk?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Falk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Falk?

Peter Falk, American actor (1927–2011), followed by Lee Falk.

Where is the surname Falk most common?

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

Is the surname Falk getting more or less common?

More common. 11,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,979 in 2010, up 3.5%.

Is Falk also a first name?

Yes. Falk is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Falk

A German surname, carried by 11,979 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Falk is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,979 people named Falk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,774 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,575.

#2,991

rank among US surnames

11,979

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,842)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,982	Champagne	12,023	25,680
#2,984	Dyson	12,017	25,692
#2,985	Jett	12,008	25,712
#2,986	Bach	11,999	25,731
#2,987	Streeter	11,988	25,755
#2,988	Christman	11,987	25,757
#2,989	Brink	11,982	25,767

Who is named Falk

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

94% of people named Falk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Falks

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter Falk
American actor (1927–2011)
Lee Falk
American comics writer (1911–1999)
Richard Anderson Falk
American law professor and writer, born 1930
Lisanne Falk
American actress, born 1965
Allison Falk
Association football player, born 1987
Sally Falk Moore
American anthropologist (1924-2021)
Norbert Falk
Austrian writer (1872–1932)

Notable Falks come mostly from the United States (6) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Falk

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Falk come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Falk?: 11,979 people in the United States had the surname Falk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,774 Americans. It ranked 2,991st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Falk?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Falk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Falk?: Peter Falk, American actor (1927–2011), followed by Lee Falk.
Where is the surname Falk most common?: Wikidata records people named Falk in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Falk getting more or less common?: More common. 11,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,979 in 2010, up 3.5%.
Is Falk also a first name?: Yes. Falk is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.