How common is the surname Faulconer?

1,237 people in the United States had the surname Faulconer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,592 Americans. It ranked 21,218th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Faulconer?

Kevin Faulconer, 36th Mayor of San Diego.

Where is the surname Faulconer most common?

Wikidata records people named Faulconer in the United States.

Is the surname Faulconer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,237 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Faulconer

A surname, carried by 1,237 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faulconer is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,237 people named Faulconer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,592 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,211.

#21,218

rank among US surnames

1,237

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,397)

Who is named Faulconer

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

93% of people named Faulconer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as two or more races and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Faulconers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Faulconer
36th Mayor of San Diego, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Faulconer

Faulconer has the Soundex code F425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F425.

Questions

How common is the surname Faulconer?: 1,237 people in the United States had the surname Faulconer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,592 Americans. It ranked 21,218th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Faulconer?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Faulconer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Faulconer?: Kevin Faulconer, 36th Mayor of San Diego.
Where is the surname Faulconer most common?: Wikidata records people named Faulconer in the United States.
Is the surname Faulconer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,237 in 2010, up 2.1%.