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    The surname Faulk

    A surname, carried by 11,656 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F420

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faulk is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    * As a German surname, Americanized from Falk, Folk, Volk, and similar. * As an English surname, variant of Falk (see Faulks).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,656 people named Faulk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,488 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,148.

    #3,084
    rank among US surnames
    11,656
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,969)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,075Rao11,67226,452
    #3,076Mello11,67026,456
    #3,077Blakely11,66926,459
    #3,078McAlister11,66526,468
    #3,079Lyman11,66426,470
    #3,080Sommer11,66226,474
    #3,082McHenry11,66026,479

    Who is named Faulk

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

    70% of people named Faulk identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Faulks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Justin Faulk
      American ice hockey defenseman, born 1992
    • Marshall Faulk
      American football player (born 1973)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Faulk

    Faulk has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Faulk come from?
    * As a German surname, Americanized from Falk, Folk, Volk, and similar. * As an English surname, variant of Falk (see Faulks).
    How common is the surname Faulk?
    11,656 people in the United States had the surname Faulk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,488 Americans. It ranked 3,084th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Faulk?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Faulk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Faulk?
    Justin Faulk, American ice hockey defenseman, followed by Marshall Faulk.
    Where is the surname Faulk most common?
    Wikidata records people named Faulk in the United States.
    Is the surname Faulk getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,656 in 2010, up 4.6%.