Falkenberg Surname

50,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Falkenberg Surname Definition:

(Swedish) One who came from Falkenberg (falcon mountain), a city in Sweden.

Falkenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,3421:15,0701,979
United States1,5181:238,77422,855
Denmark1,1721:4,816430
Canada4201:87,7289,696
Australia3341:80,8259,395
Sweden3041:32,3912,643
Norway2151:23,9183,143
Poland1391:273,44433,454
Russia1071:1,346,94495,217
Brazil1021:2,098,76866,021
Argentina871:491,30436,372
South Africa611:888,15957,770
Netherlands571:296,26635,624
Finland571:96,4339,934
Belgium521:221,08928,230
France521:1,277,360130,443
Estonia501:26,4364,834
Kazakhstan281:631,51843,439
Austria251:340,61736,996
England191:2,932,529101,561
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Faroe Islands81:6,125639
Greenland71:8,054710
El Salvador61:1,057,3154,053
Wales51:618,90625,852
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1171:429,22031,367

Falkenberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Swedish) One who came from Falkenberg (falcon mountain), a city in Sweden.

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

Falkenberg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Falkenberg Come From? nationality or country of origin

Falkenberg (Russian: Фалькенберг) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Falkenberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 50,090th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 710,703 people. The surname Falkenberg is primarily found in Europe, where 74 percent of Falkenberg are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 53 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Falkenberg is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 5,342 people, or 1 in 15,070. In Germany Falkenberg is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent are found, Brandenburg, where 13 percent are found and Berlin, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 48 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Denmark, where 11 percent are found.

Falkenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Falkenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Falkenberg last name expanded 1,297 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 190 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Falkenberg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Falkenberg surname is predominantly Orthodox (80%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Falkenberg last name are 0.82% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.05% being registered with the political party.

The amount Falkenberg earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 16.56% more than the national average, earning 403,391 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 18.41% less than the national average, earning R 193,896 per year; in United States they earn 7.81% more than the national average, earning $46,517 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.58% more than the national average, earning $55,435 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Falkenberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Falkenberg in the Russian language
Фалькенбергfalkenberg-

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Falkenberg Reference & Research

Valkenburg FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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