Falanga is used as a family name or surname in Italy. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Falanga
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Italy
Meaning: Italian name focused in Campania, also present in Sicily. It corresponds to the Latin "phalangae" (wooden rollers for moving boats) and is equivalent to the Italian "palanca", probably with the meaning of gateway (the word "palanca" also designated a wooden fortification ). In current Italian, the word "falanga" means a great board for carrying dry boats.

How popular is Falanga?

Falanga is common in Italy.

Falanga is ranked 63825 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Falanga bearers increased by 1.547389 per cent in 2010 US census to 525 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1480 spots and ranked at 41426. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.62 98.45
Hispanic or Latino 2.29 0
Black 1.14 0
Others 0.95 0
Falanga is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Italy which signifies that it is originated from Italy. Around 7162 people have been found who wears Falanga as their family name. Falanga is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,730 Democratic Republic of The Congo5
720,003 Russia4
381,097 Ukraine4
22,232 Morocco3
5,217 Zambia2
20,837 Venezuela2
8,995 Uganda2
20,595 China2
4,086 Angola2
14,521 Portugal2
24,766 Scotland2
118,015 Netherlands1
2,505 Congo1
24,421 Slovakia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
42,479 Greece1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,591 Belgium37
73,929 Spain21
144,062 Canada16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
15,572 Switzerland72
53,069 England70
Countries with hundreds of Falanga:
15,436 Brazil859
37,578 United States752
30,009 France331
19,920 Argentina269
50,182 Germany202
35,546 South Africa146
22,774 Australia108
Countries with thousands of Falanga:
2,228 Italy4,244
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

8 years old laborer Andrea Falanga who was residing in Sipari, Italy migrated to New York on March 23, 1900 by Massilia put out from Naples. 24 years old Angelo Falanga, Angelo Falanga (33) Laborer, Angelo Falanga, aged 38, Antonino Falanga (20) Laborer, Caterina Falanga (28) Farmer, 27 years old Diana Falanga, 16 years old Emilio Falanga, 20 years old Felice Falanga, and 11 other Falanga around 52.63% of whom were laborer while others worked as country man and farmer, barber migrated to US from Genoa, Gibraltar and Naples & Palermo.

Falanga Namesakes

  • Annalisa Falanga, Actress
  • Ciro Falanga, Politician

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