How common is the surname Falkner?

3,097 people in the United States had the surname Falkner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,692 Americans. It ranked 10,402nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Falkner?

Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist and artist (1799–1872).

Where is the surname Falkner most common?

Wikidata records people named Falkner in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Is the surname Falkner getting more or less common?

More common. 3,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,097 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Falkner

An occupational surname, carried by 3,097 people in the United States.

2 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). Falkner is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Falconer.

Falkner is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,097 people named Falkner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,692 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,028.

#10,402

rank among US surnames

3,097

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,845)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,395	Felty	3,100	99,595
#10,396	Vasques	3,099	99,627
#10,402	Faller	3,097	99,692
#10,405	Lipp	3,096	99,724
#10,408	Birdsall	3,095	99,756
#10,410	Albaugh	3,094	99,788
#10,411	Collings	3,093	99,821

Who is named Falkner

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

83% of people named Falkner identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Falkners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Priscilla Susan Bury
British botanist and artist (1799–1872)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Falkner

Falkner has the Soundex code F425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F425.

Questions

Where does the surname Falkner come from?: Variant of Falconer.
How common is the surname Falkner?: 3,097 people in the United States had the surname Falkner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,692 Americans. It ranked 10,402nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Falkner?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Falkner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Falkner?: Priscilla Susan Bury, British botanist and artist (1799–1872).
Where is the surname Falkner most common?: Wikidata records people named Falkner in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
What type of surname is Falkner?: Falkner is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Falkner getting more or less common?: More common. 3,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,097 in 2010, up 2.3%.