Falco Surname

12,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46,749 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Portugal

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.

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Falco Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy17,8191:3,432309
United States6,3891:56,7326,757
Argentina3,4241:12,4831,141
Portugal3,0571:3,408410
Angola2,9581:9,1241,120
Spain2,8521:16,3931,865
Brazil2,7001:79,2872,973
Philippines1,7951:56,4009,455
France1,7631:37,6764,653
Colombia7961:60,0182,826
Uruguay5751:5,968664
England4601:121,12612,246
Canada4301:85,6879,504
Venezuela3691:81,8543,263
Australia2151:125,56113,746
Germany1401:575,03946,885
Mexico1291:962,21912,860
Paraguay1061:68,2711,795
Congo911:54,8254,954
Switzerland821:100,15810,705
Peru531:599,70015,316
Luxembourg461:12,6202,379
Cuba431:267,9705,087
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Ecuador371:429,88810,240
Israel321:267,42624,032
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
New Caledonia261:10,6242,723
Nicaragua221:273,6862,870
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Costa Rica171:281,1813,072
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Chile141:1,258,32022,898
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Iran91:8,531,392160,212
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
India71:109,580,769786,157
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Panama61:652,04310,051
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Moldova51:712,27439,996
Guinea-Bissau41:432,005185
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Cape Verde31:176,5474,737
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Falco means 'falconer', but can also refer to someone who resembles a falcon. The origin is Italian.

- falcogina

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Falcó93116/
Falço931/
Falcoz91952/
Falcou91884/
Falcoa91220/
Falcot91175/
Falcos9168/
Falcho9123/
Falcio9115/
Faulco9110/
Falcoi916/
Falcco913/
Falcko911/
Falcoş911/
Fealco911/
Falsco911/
Falchou8342/
Falcous8339/
Falcout831/
Falcott830/
Falko804,610/
Folco803,166/
Falso801,869/
Falca80943/
Falzo80294/
Valco80196/
Falcă8073/
Fallcott770/
Falzoi73487/
Falkou73474/
Folcio73317/
Falkos73265/
Falsou73187/
Falcas73140/
Fealko7398/
Falcha7352/
Falcau7325/
Falqos7317/
Falcia7315/
Folcot7312/
Valcou739/
Falcad738/
Falzou736/
Falcaş734/
Faleso734/
Folcco733/
Fal'ko732/
Falezo732/
Falzoy732/
Faljou731/
Falkoo731/
Falkoy731/
Falsca731/
Follco731/
Falsoi731/
Falgio731/
Falcaș731/
Faljos731/
Falzuo731/
Falkous67178/
Falesso6714/
Feileco676/
Falshoj674/
Falleso673/
Falkach671/
Fallsjo671/
Falcatz671/
Falssou671/
Falqoos671/
Falezou671/
Faulkos671/
Folcott670/

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