How common is the surname Fallon?

11,974 people in the United States had the surname Fallon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,785 Americans. It ranked 2,994th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fallon?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fallon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fallon?

Jimmy Fallon, American talk show host and comedian (born 1974), followed by Siobhan Fallon Hogan.

Where is the surname Fallon most common?

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

How do you pronounce Fallon?

Fallon is /ˈfælən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Fallon getting more or less common?

Less common. 12,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,974 in 2010, down 6.0%.

Is Fallon also a first name?

Yes. Fallon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Fallon

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 11,974 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfælən/ 2 syllables Soundex F450 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fallon is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Fallon is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,974 people named Fallon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,785 Americans. That is down 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,744.

#2,994

rank among US surnames

11,974

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

-6%

change since 2000 (was #2,605)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,985	Jett	12,008	25,712
#2,986	Bach	11,999	25,731
#2,987	Streeter	11,988	25,755
#2,988	Christman	11,987	25,757
#2,989	Brink	11,982	25,767
#2,990	Herr	11,980	25,772
#2,991	Falk	11,979	25,774

Who is named Fallon

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

93% of people named Fallon identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fallons

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jimmy Fallon
American talk show host and comedian (born 1974)
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
American actress, born 1961
Trisha Fallon
Australian basketball player (born 1972)
Pat Fallon
American businessman and politician (born 1967)
Tiffany Fallon
American model, born 1974
Brian Fallon
American musician, born 1980
James H. Fallon
American neuroscientist, 1947–2023
Matt Fallon
American swimmer, born 2002
Lucy Fallon
British actress, born 1995

Notable Fallons come mostly from the United States (7) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Falin

Surnames that sound like Fallon

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fallon come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fallamhain (“descendant of Fallamhan”), a personal name related to follúnaitheoir (“ruler, governor”).
How common is the surname Fallon?: 11,974 people in the United States had the surname Fallon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,785 Americans. It ranked 2,994th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fallon?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fallon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fallon?: Jimmy Fallon, American talk show host and comedian (born 1974), followed by Siobhan Fallon Hogan.
Where is the surname Fallon most common?: Wikidata records people named Fallon in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Fallon?: Fallon is /ˈfælən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Fallon?: Fallon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Fallon getting more or less common?: Less common. 12,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,974 in 2010, down 6.0%.
What are other spellings of Fallon?: Falin.
Is Fallon also a first name?: Yes. Fallon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.