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    The surname Faulks

    A Norman surname, carried by 1,191 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F420

    Faulks: #21,830 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Faulks #21,830, 1,191 people Faulks: #21,830 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Faulks #21,830, 1,191 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Faulks is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

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

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,191 people named Faulks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,153.

    #21,830
    rank among US surnames
    1,191
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,209)

    Who is named Faulks

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

    51% of people named Faulks identified as Black (not Hispanic), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • White (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Fawkes

    Surnames that sound like Faulks

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

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Faulks come from?
    From the Anglo-Norman personal name Faulques, a name from the same ultimate source as falcon.
    How common is the surname Faulks?
    1,191 people in the United States had the surname Faulks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. It ranked 21,830th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Faulks?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Faulks identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Faulks getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,191 in 2010, up 3.3%.
    What are other spellings of Faulks?
    Fawkes.