# Falkenstein (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/falkenstein/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,198 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,717 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 257,717 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (1,198 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Falkenstein 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Falkenstein in the United States and Germany.

## People named Falkenstein

- Claire Falkenstein, American artist (1908-1997)
- Kuno II of Falkenstein, Bishop of Trier (1320-1388)

## Similar surnames

Fleckenstein, Falkner, Falkenberg, Faulkner, Feliciano, Falcon, Folsom, Falcone, Flickinger, Fleischman, Falconer, Fleshman.

## 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.