# Faulks (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/faulks/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,191 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,830 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 259,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (1,153 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Fawkes |

## Etymology

From the Anglo-Norman personal name Faulques, a name from the same ultimate source as falcon.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Faulks in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 42% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Similar surnames

Fulks, Folks, Foulks, Flakes, Foulkes, Falk, Faulk, Falls, Fulk, Fales, Foulk, Fails.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.