Falwell Surname

489,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 677 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Falwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Falwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6731:538,57244,670
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1811:277,45122,466

Falwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Falwell is most common in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Falwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 489,550th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 10,764,470 people. The surname Falwell occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Falwell reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Falwell is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 673 people, or 1 in 538,572. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Virginia, where 26 percent are found, Arkansas, where 8 percent are found and Missouri, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 0 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Falwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Falwell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Falwell last name increased 372 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Falwell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Falwell are 3.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.72% being registered to vote for the political party.

Falwell earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.22% more than the national average, earning $46,266 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fallwell93332/
Faulwell9354/
Folwell861,285/
Faluell861/
Follwell80139/
Feilwell801/
Vallwell800/
Falbel7736/
Folwel772/
Follwoell751/
Falluel71239/
Folwill712/
Folweel711/
Follwwill631/
Falbil624/

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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 Falwell
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