Falkson Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Falkson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Falkson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa881:615,65646,403
United States751:4,832,786249,377
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England61:9,286,343223,652
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Falkson Last Name Facts

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

Falkson is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Falkson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Falkson is the 1,177,228th most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Falkson are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 615,656. In South Africa Falkson is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 63 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 20 percent are found and Western Cape, where 17 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 37 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.

Falkson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Falkson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Falkson surname expanded 3,750 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Falkson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Falkson surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Falkson earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 145.25% more than the national average, earning R 582,816 per year and in United States they earn 31.68% more than the national average, earning $56,817 USD per year.

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Falkson Reference & Research

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Falkson
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis