# Fallon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fallon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,974 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,994 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,785 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.0% (12,744 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfælən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Falin |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fallamhain (“descendant of Fallamhan”), a personal name related to follúnaitheoir (“ruler, governor”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fallon 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fallon in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Fallon

- Jimmy Fallon, American talk show host and comedian (born 1974)
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan, American actress
- Trisha Fallon, Australian basketball player (born 1972)
- Pat Fallon, American businessman and politician (born 1967)
- Tiffany Fallon, American model
- Brian Fallon, American musician
- James H. Fallon, American neuroscientist
- Matt Fallon, American swimmer
- Lucy Fallon, British actress

## Similar surnames

Fallin, Fillion, Fallen, Flynn, Flinn, Fullen, Felan, Flom, Flamm, Fellin.

## 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.