Falknor Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Falknor Surname Definition:

(English) The falconer, i.e., one who keeps and trains falcons or hawks to hunt game.

Falknor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3441:1,053,66077,038
Jamaica361:79,7213,712
Norway91:571,36544,190
England81:6,964,757184,742
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland111:340,29210,329
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Falknor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) The falconer, i.e., one who keeps and trains falcons or hawks to hunt game.

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

Falknor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Falknor occurs most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Falknor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 726,304th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Falknor live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 344 people, or 1 in 1,053,660. In The United States Falknor is most frequent in: Ohio, where 25 percent live, Texas, where 16 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Jamaica, where 9 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.

Falknor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Falknor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Falknor surname increased 614 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Falknor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Falknor surname is chiefly Episcopalian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Falknor surname are 24.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.05% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Falknor earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 9.2% less than the national average, earning 314,240 kr per year and in United States they earn 7.14% more than the national average, earning $46,231 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faulknor93915/
Falcknor932/
Faulcknor882/
Falcnor8615/
Folknor860/
Falknar860/
Faulknar804/
Falknard800/
Folknar711/
Volknor710/
Foulknard630/
Volknar570/
Volknaur530/

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Footnotes

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