Falmouth Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Falmouth Surname Definition:

FALMOUTH: From the town of the same name; from Fal-mouth, mouth of the Fal, called the Prince's river.

Falmouth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:3,714,537119,675
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Falmouth (12) may also be a first name.

Falmouth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

FALMOUTH: From the town of the same name; from Fal-mouth, mouth of the Fal, called the Prince's river.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Falmouth Last Name Facts

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

Falmouth occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Falmouth? popularity and diffusion

Falmouth is the 4,116,508th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Falmouth is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Falmouth are found; 65 percent are found in Northern Europe and 65 percent are found in British Isles. Falmouth is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.

The last name Falmouth is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 3,714,537. In England it is most prevalent in: Cornwall, where 73 percent reside, Greater London, where 13 percent reside and Lancashire, where 7 percent reside. Besides England Falmouth occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent reside and Jamaica, where 4 percent reside.

Falmouth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Falmouth has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Falmouth surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Valmouth880/
Follmouth821/
Felmoth805/
Felmuth803/
Flemout801/
Flemuth800/
Follmuth7595/
Fellmuth7568/
Vilmouth7529/
Fuelmoth7515/
Volmouth750/
Filmut7149/
Falmat7144/
Valmot7123/
Folmut711/
Felmot711/
Valmut711/
Flemot710/
Filmot710/
Volmuth6749/
Fuelmot673/
Velmoth671/

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Footnotes

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Falmouth
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