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The surname Faulkenberry

A surname, carried by 1,726 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex F425

Faulkenberry: #16,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Faulkenberry #16,616, 1,726 people Faulkenberry: #16,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Faulkenberry #16,616, 1,726 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faulkenberry is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,726 people named Faulkenberry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,879 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,774.

#16,616
rank among US surnames
1,726
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
-2.7%
change since 2000 (was #15,225)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,616Hoxie1,726178,879
#16,624Nie1,725178,983

Who is named Faulkenberry

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

95% of people named Faulkenberry identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Faulkenberry

Faulkenberry 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 Faulkenberry?
1,726 people in the United States had the surname Faulkenberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,879 Americans. It ranked 16,616th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Faulkenberry?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Faulkenberry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Faulkenberry getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,726 in 2010, down 2.7%.