How common is the surname Falvey?

1,765 people in the United States had the surname Falvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,927 Americans. It ranked 16,327th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Falvey?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Falvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Falvey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,765 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Falvey

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,765 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Falvey is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fáilbhe (“descendant of Fáilbhe”), a personal name derived from fáilbhe (“pleasant, merry, lively”).

Falvey 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 1,765 people named Falvey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,927 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,734.

#16,327

rank among US surnames

1,765

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,500)

Who is named Falvey

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

96% of people named Falvey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Feeley

Falvey has the Soundex code F410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F410.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Falvey come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fáilbhe (“descendant of Fáilbhe”), a personal name derived from fáilbhe (“pleasant, merry, lively”).
How common is the surname Falvey?: 1,765 people in the United States had the surname Falvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,927 Americans. It ranked 16,327th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Falvey?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Falvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Falvey?: Falvey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Falvey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,765 in 2010, up 1.8%.
What are other spellings of Falvey?: Feeley.