How common is the surname Falkenberg?

1,028 people in the United States had the surname Falkenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Falkenberg?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Falkenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Falkenberg getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,031 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Falkenberg

A surname, carried by 1,028 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). Falkenberg is more common than 85% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,028 people named Falkenberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,031.

#24,370

rank among US surnames

1,028

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,128)

Who is named Falkenberg

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

92% of people named Falkenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Falkenberg

Falkenberg 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 Falkenberg?: 1,028 people in the United States had the surname Falkenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Falkenberg?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Falkenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Falkenberg getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,031 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, down 0.3%.