Faulkener Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Liberia

Faulkener Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faulkener Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:1,071,50151,923
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland181:246,10410,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3511:69,4457,817
Wales31:522,80514,314
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Faulkener Last Name Facts

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

The last name Faulkener occurs most in England. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Faulkener.

How Common Is The Last Name Faulkener? popularity and diffusion

The last name Faulkener is the 2,020,555th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. Faulkener is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Faulkener reside; 63 percent reside in Northern Europe and 63 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 1,071,501. In England it is mostly found in: Northamptonshire, where 13 percent live, Wiltshire, where 12 percent live and Surrey, where 10 percent live. Not including England it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live and Liberia, where 10 percent live.

Faulkener Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Faulkener has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Faulkener surname decreased 85 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it decreased 59 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Faulkener Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Anglican (39%) in Ireland.

Faulkener earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD 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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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
  • 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 Faulkener
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