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    The surname Fallen

    A surname, carried by 1,078 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F450

    Fallen: #23,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fallen #23,555, 1,078 people Fallen: #23,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fallen #23,555, 1,078 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fallen is more common than 85.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,078 people named Fallen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,090.

    #23,555
    rank among US surnames
    1,078
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,132)

    Who is named Fallen

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

    58% of people named Fallen identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fallen

    Fallen has the Soundex code F450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fallen?
    1,078 people in the United States had the surname Fallen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. It ranked 23,555th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fallen?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Fallen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fallen getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,090 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,078 in 2010, down 1.1%.