Faulkingham Surname

702,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 419 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Faulkingham Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Falkenham (Falta’s homestead), in Suffolk.

Faulkingham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4151:873,39566,215
England31:18,572,686338,250
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Faulkingham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Falkenham (Falta’s homestead), in Suffolk.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Faulkingham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Faulkingham occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Faulkingham? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 702,422nd most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Faulkingham live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Faulkingham is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 415 people, or 1 in 873,395. In The United States Faulkingham is mostly found in: Maine, where 45 percent are found, New Hampshire, where 8 percent are found and Missouri, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Guatemala, where 0 percent are found.

Faulkingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Faulkingham has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Faulkingham surname expanded 1,064 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Faulkingham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Faulkingham last name are 34.37% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 87.6% registered with the party.

Faulkingham earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.62% less than the national average, earning $42,450 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Falkingham951,285/
Fulkingham952/
Falkingam900/
Folkingham860/

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