Falten Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Estonia

Falten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Falten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany661:1,219,78078,810
Lesotho241:84,69010,225
Estonia231:57,47010,794
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Finland71:785,24338,644
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Faltén (1) are calculated separately.

Falten (21) may also be a first name.

Falten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Falten (Russian: Фальтен) is found most in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Faltén. Click here for further possible spellings of Falten.

How Common Is The Last Name Falten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Falten is the 1,359,010th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Falten are found; 40 percent are found in Western Europe and 40 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 21 people.

Falten is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 1,219,780. In Germany Falten is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 26 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 21 percent live and Hesse, where 15 percent live. Not including Germany it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 15 percent live and Estonia, where 14 percent live.

Falten Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Falten earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 79.08% less than the national average, earning R 49,716 per year and in United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faltén941/
Falteng928/
Faltien925/
Falltien860/
Faltin832,836/
Faltyn83936/
Folten8392/
Valten8359/
Faltýn8355/
Faltín8327/
Falting77139/
Faltina7773/
Faaltyn7745/
Faltyna775/
Falthin775/
Falltin775/
Faltuin773/
Faltgin772/
Falthyn771/
Valtuen771/
Valtn731/
Valtienė7161/
Faaltuin711/
Valthoen710/
Foltyn674,546/
Foltin671,587/
Foltýn671,063/
Valtin67595/
Foltín67188/
Faltinová67136/
Volten67136/
Faltýnová6778/
Faltínová6736/
Faltynová6719/
Foltenová6718/
Faltinova6710/
Faltynova672/
Foltenova671/
Faltyń671/

Falten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Falten in the Russian language
Фальтенfalten-

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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 Falten
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