Fallen Surname
Approximately 2,308 people bear this surname
Fallen Surname Definition:
(Irish) Grandson of Fallamhan (ruler).
Fallen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,458 | 1:248,600 | 23,661 |
| Iran | 313 | 1:245,312 | 18,648 |
| England | 107 | 1:520,730 | 32,731 |
| Indonesia | 106 | 1:1,247,634 | 87,669 |
| Scotland | 66 | 1:81,118 | 5,959 |
| New Zealand | 43 | 1:105,310 | 13,865 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Jamaica | 25 | 1:114,798 | 4,448 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 70 | 1:63,284 | 4,864 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 127 | 1:191,932 | 15,501 |
| Scotland | 81 | 1:46,213 | 3,298 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,043 | 1:48,148 | 5,500 |
The alternate forms: Fallén (27) are calculated separately.
Fallen (544) may also be a first name.
Fallen Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Irish) Grandson of Fallamhan (ruler).
Fallen Demographics
Average Fallen Salary in
United States
$39,842 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fallen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fallen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fallen occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant: Fallén. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fallen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 183,926th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,157,516 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Fallen reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Fallen is also the 361,218th most common forename worldwide, held by 544 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,458 people, or 1 in 248,600. In The United States it is most common in: Virginia, where 23 percent are found, Illinois, where 7 percent are found and Kentucky, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 41 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 14 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.
Fallen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fallen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fallen surname expanded 140 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 16 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 19 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Fallen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (99%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Fallen surname are 0.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.29% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Fallen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.66% less than the national average, earning $39,842 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.31% more than the national average, earning $51,326 CAD per year.
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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
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