Faulknor Surname

387,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 915 people bear this surname

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

Faulknor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faulknor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4721:767,92159,720
Jamaica2671:10,7491,135
Canada781:472,37940,609
New Zealand741:61,1949,493
Cayman Islands131:4,915636
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
England31:18,572,686338,250
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:1,046,22361,047

Faulknor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Faulknor occurs most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Faulknor? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 387,740th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 7,964,531 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Faulknor are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 472 people, or 1 in 767,921. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 25 percent live, Texas, where 20 percent live and New York, where 19 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Faulknor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Faulknor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Faulknor surname expanded 983 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Faulknor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Faulknor last name are 7.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.81% registered with the political party.

The amount Faulknor earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.09% more than the national average, earning $46,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.29% more than the national average, earning $60,260 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faulcknor942/
Falknor93400/
Fulknor934/
Faulknar884/
Falcknor882/
Falcnor8015/
Folknor800/
Falknar800/
Falknard750/
Foulknard710/
Folknar671/
Vulknar670/

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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 Faulknor
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