# Fall (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fall/  
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) | 5,060 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,676 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 61,017 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (4,209 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fall 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

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

## People named Fall

- Leo Fall, Austrian composer (1873–1925)
- Albert B. Fall, American politician (1861–1944)
- Richard Fall, Austrian composer
- Sheck Wes, American rapper (born 1998)

## Similar surnames

Fell, Faul, Failla, Faile, Fail, Foley, Feeley, Fiala, Fewell, Fly, File, Feely.

## 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.