Falco Surname
Approximately 46,749 people bear this surname
Falco Surname Definition:
(Italian) Dweller at the sign of the hawk or falcon; a bold, keen-eyed or nimble person; dweller near, or on, the Falco Mountain, in Italy; one who came from Falcone (falcon), in Sicily.
Read More About This SurnameFalco Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 17,819 | 1:3,432 | 309 |
| United States | 6,389 | 1:56,732 | 6,757 |
| Argentina | 3,424 | 1:12,483 | 1,141 |
| Portugal | 3,057 | 1:3,408 | 410 |
| Angola | 2,958 | 1:9,124 | 1,120 |
| Spain | 2,852 | 1:16,393 | 1,865 |
| Brazil | 2,700 | 1:79,287 | 2,973 |
| Philippines | 1,795 | 1:56,400 | 9,455 |
| France | 1,763 | 1:37,676 | 4,653 |
| Colombia | 796 | 1:60,018 | 2,826 |
| Uruguay | 575 | 1:5,968 | 664 |
| England | 460 | 1:121,126 | 12,246 |
| Canada | 430 | 1:85,687 | 9,504 |
| Venezuela | 369 | 1:81,854 | 3,263 |
| Australia | 215 | 1:125,561 | 13,746 |
| Germany | 140 | 1:575,039 | 46,885 |
| Mexico | 129 | 1:962,219 | 12,860 |
| Paraguay | 106 | 1:68,271 | 1,795 |
| Congo | 91 | 1:54,825 | 4,954 |
| Switzerland | 82 | 1:100,158 | 10,705 |
| Peru | 53 | 1:599,700 | 15,316 |
| Luxembourg | 46 | 1:12,620 | 2,379 |
| Cuba | 43 | 1:267,970 | 5,087 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Belgium | 37 | 1:310,720 | 35,739 |
| Ecuador | 37 | 1:429,888 | 10,240 |
| Israel | 32 | 1:267,426 | 24,032 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Nicaragua | 22 | 1:273,686 | 2,870 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Costa Rica | 17 | 1:281,181 | 3,072 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1:432,005 | 185 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Cape Verde | 3 | 1:176,547 | 4,737 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
The alternate forms: Falcó (116) & Falço (1) are calculated separately.
Falco (1,670) may also be a first name.
Falco Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Italian) Dweller at the sign of the hawk or falcon; a bold, keen-eyed or nimble person; dweller near, or on, the Falco Mountain, in Italy; one who came from Falcone (falcon), in Sicily.
User-submitted Reference
Falco means 'falconer', but can also refer to someone who resembles a falcon. The origin is Italian.
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Falco Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Falco Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Falco Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Falco occurs in Italy more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Falcó or Falço. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Falco? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 12,010th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 155,887 people. The surname Falco occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Falco are found; 51 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 38 percent are found in Italic Europe. Falco is also the 188,391st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 1,670 people.
Falco is most frequent in Italy, where it is borne by 17,819 people, or 1 in 3,432. In Italy Falco is most numerous in: Campania, where 46 percent reside, Piedmont, where 16 percent reside and Apulia, where 10 percent reside. Other than Italy this last name occurs in 98 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Argentina, where 7 percent reside.
Falco Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Falco has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Falco surname grew 18,791 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 46,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Falco Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Melkite Greek Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Falco last name are 1.47% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.7% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Falco earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 14.28% more than the national average, earning €34,318 per year; in Peru they earn 361.03% more than the national average, earning S/. 89,370 per year; in South Africa they earn 0.82% less than the national average, earning R 235,680 per year; in Colombia they earn 31.65% less than the national average, earning $15,516,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 21.5% more than the national average, earning $52,424 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.92% more than the national average, earning $52,626 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falcó | 93 | 116 | / |
| Falço | 93 | 1 | / |
| Falcoz | 91 | 952 | / |
| Falcou | 91 | 884 | / |
| Falcoa | 91 | 220 | / |
| Falcot | 91 | 175 | / |
| Falcos | 91 | 68 | / |
| Falcho | 91 | 23 | / |
| Falcio | 91 | 15 | / |
| Faulco | 91 | 10 | / |
| Falcoi | 91 | 6 | / |
| Falcco | 91 | 3 | / |
| Falcko | 91 | 1 | / |
| Falcoş | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fealco | 91 | 1 | / |
| Falsco | 91 | 1 | / |
| Falchou | 83 | 42 | / |
| Falcous | 83 | 39 | / |
| Falcout | 83 | 1 | / |
| Falcott | 83 | 0 | / |
| Falko | 80 | 4,610 | / |
| Folco | 80 | 3,166 | / |
| Falso | 80 | 1,869 | / |
| Falca | 80 | 943 | / |
| Falzo | 80 | 294 | / |
| Valco | 80 | 196 | / |
| Falcă | 80 | 73 | / |
| Fallcott | 77 | 0 | / |
| Falzoi | 73 | 487 | / |
| Falkou | 73 | 474 | / |
| Folcio | 73 | 317 | / |
| Falkos | 73 | 265 | / |
| Falsou | 73 | 187 | / |
| Falcas | 73 | 140 | / |
| Fealko | 73 | 98 | / |
| Falcha | 73 | 52 | / |
| Falcau | 73 | 25 | / |
| Falqos | 73 | 17 | / |
| Falcia | 73 | 15 | / |
| Folcot | 73 | 12 | / |
| Valcou | 73 | 9 | / |
| Falcad | 73 | 8 | / |
| Falzou | 73 | 6 | / |
| Falcaş | 73 | 4 | / |
| Faleso | 73 | 4 | / |
| Folcco | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fal'ko | 73 | 2 | / |
| Falezo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Falzoy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Faljou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Falkoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Falkoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Falsca | 73 | 1 | / |
| Follco | 73 | 1 | / |
| Falsoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Falgio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Falcaș | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faljos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Falzuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Falkous | 67 | 178 | / |
| Falesso | 67 | 14 | / |
| Feileco | 67 | 6 | / |
| Falshoj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Falleso | 67 | 3 | / |
| Falkach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fallsjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Falcatz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Falssou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Falqoos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Falezou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faulkos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Folcott | 67 | 0 | / |
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