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    The surname Fallas

    A Spanish surname, carried by 550 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F420

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fallas is more common than 75.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Two main origins: * A variant of Fallis, an English surname. * Borrowed from Spanish Fallas, a surname predominantly found in Costa Rica.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 550 people named Fallas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 561,356 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 498.

    #39,887
    rank among US surnames
    550
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #41,262)

    Who is named Fallas

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

    66% of people named Fallas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 33% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 66%
    • White (not Hispanic) 33%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fallas

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fallas come from?
    Two main origins: * A variant of Fallis, an English surname. * Borrowed from Spanish Fallas, a surname predominantly found in Costa Rica.
    How common is the surname Fallas?
    550 people in the United States had the surname Fallas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 561,356 Americans. It ranked 39,887th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fallas?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Fallas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fallas getting more or less common?
    More common. 498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 550 in 2010, up 10%.