Falkes Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Falkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Falkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico231:5,396,79230,197
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Falkes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Falkes is held by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Falkes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Falkes live; 93 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Hispano-North America.

This last name is most numerous in Mexico, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 5,396,792. In Mexico Falkes is mostly concentrated in: Sonora, where 91 percent reside and Baja California, where 9 percent reside. Beside Mexico this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.

Falkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Falkes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Falkes last name declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faulkes92648/
Falkeis9252/
Faulckes861/
Faulkess860/
Folkes834,831/
Falces83750/
Falkis8362/
Falkez8321/
Foulkes778,544/
Falques77238/
Ffolkes77106/
Foolkes7744/
Valkeus773/
Faulkex771/
Falkais771/
Folkesh771/
Follkes771/
Feulkes770/
Ffoulkes71201/
Faulques7154/
Foulkesh711/
Foulkees711/
Foullkes711/
Falkkish711/
Folkeits711/
Falcis671,394/
Volkes67107/
Falqis6750/
Valkis6741/
Folkis6717/
Falcés671/
Falqez671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Falkes
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