Falk is used as a family name or surname in Israel, Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Falk
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Israel, Germany
Meaning:

Surname is the variation of Fawcon. See Falcon - 1. The bird, from some fancied resemblance. 2. A trader's sign. The 'falcon and fetterlock' was a favourite badge of the house of York.

One who took care of the falcons or hawks; one who hunted with falcons; dweller at the sign of the falcon.

The is variant of Valk. Falcon.

The form of Falcon. 1. The bird, from some fancied resemblance. 2. A trader's sign. The 'falcon and fetterlock' was a favourite badge of the house of York.

Family name Falk is a form of Falke. Falk, Danish, a Falcon.

How popular is Falk?

Falk is common in Germany, United States, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, Brazil, Austria, Israel, Australia, Poland, France, Switzerland, England, Norway, Russia, Finland, Netherlands, Italy, Argentina.

Falk is ranked 9429 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Falk bearers increased by 3.49 per cent in 2010 US census to 11979 since 2000, the surname slipped by 149 spots and ranked at 2991. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.33 96.09
Hispanic or Latino 2.59 1.42
Others 1.41 1.24
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.94 0.54
Black 0.5 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.23 0.22
Falk is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Liechtenstein is ahead in terms of density. Around 60047 people have been found who wears Falk as their family name. Falk is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Falk:
408 Germany21,722
2,616 United States17,545
Countries with thousands of Falk:
90 Sweden8,517
2,139 Canada2,531
306 Denmark1,596
7,750 Brazil1,062
Countries with hundreds of Falk:
1,430 Austria808
1,640 Israel798
4,603 Australia773
9,351 Poland640
15,912 France619
2,339 Switzerland579
12,355 England454
1,701 Norway353
52,006 Russia246
4,341 Finland166
17,576 Netherlands154
46,390 Italy144
24,829 Argentina137
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,860 Paraguay100
11,231 Hungary82
8,747 New Zealand82
48,422 South Africa82
137,928 Thailand81
25,089 Romania74
3,073 Estonia73
8,123 Chile64
31,639 Spain63
6,481 Dominican Republic62
89 Liechtenstein56
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,142 Mexico37
7,397 Ireland28
1,212 Iceland28
138,540 Ukraine28
386,265 India24
56,744 Belgium18
64,682 Czechia15
15,763 Scotland15
68,752 Kazakhstan14
61,272 Pakistan12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
7,955 China9
54,497 Morocco9
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
2,872 Jersey7
37,744 Bulgaria6
44,411 Croatia6
5,474 Honduras6
54,540 Niger6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Falk worked as shoemaker and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 28 years old embarked for Great-Britain from Sligo on Linden and arrived on August 25, 1849. Immigrant Thomas Falk, 19 years old Marsilla Falk, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

14 years old farmer Catharine Falk who was residing in Wurtemberg migrated to USA on July 26, 1852 by James L Bogert put out from Havre. Charles Falk, aged 26, Chretien Falk (28) Farmer, Farmer Chretien Falk, Farmer Leopold Falk, 18 years old Margareth Falk, Marie Falk, aged 36, Paul Falk (24) Farmer, 52 years old Salome Falk, and 935 other Falk around 38.05% of whom were farmer while others worked as undefined code and butcher, clerk, joiner, merchant, carpenter, cabinet maker, cigar maker, servant, tailor, daughter, mechanic, weaver, baker, laborer, smith, cook, saddler, locksmith, tourist, spinster, shoemaker, mason, brewer, matron, miner, barber, painter, sailor, gardener, waiter migrated to US.

Falk Namesakes

  • Johannes Daniel Falk, German publisher and poet
  • Joshua Falk, Polish Halakhist and Talmudist
  • Adalbert Falk, German politician
  • Johan Peter Falk, Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus
  • Robert Falk, Russian painter
  • Avner Falk, Israeli clinical psychologist and author
  • Jacob Joshua Falk,
  • Erling Falk, Norwegian politician, ideologist and writer
  • Peter H. Falk, American art historian, advisor and publisher
  • Christian Falk, Swedish record producer and musician
  • Peter Falk, American actor,
  • Lee Falk, American writer, theater director and producer
  • Darrel R. Falk, American biologist
  • Bibb Falk, American left fielder in Major League Baseball
  • Paul Falk, German pair skater
  • Kathleen Falk, American attorney, politician
  • Lisanne Falk, American actress and film producer
  • Dean Falk, American academic Neuroanthropologist
  • David Falk, American sports agent

Falk Namesakes

  • Johannes Daniel Falk, German publisher and poet
  • Joshua Falk, Polish Halakhist and Talmudist
  • Adalbert Falk, German politician
  • Johan Peter Falk, Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus
  • Robert Falk, Russian painter
  • Avner Falk, Israeli clinical psychologist and author
  • Jacob Joshua Falk,
  • Erling Falk, Norwegian politician, ideologist and writer
  • Peter H. Falk, American art historian, advisor and publisher
  • Christian Falk, Swedish record producer and musician
  • Peter Falk, American actor,
  • Lee Falk, American writer, theater director and producer
  • Darrel R. Falk, American biologist
  • Bibb Falk, American left fielder in Major League Baseball
  • Paul Falk, German pair skater
  • Kathleen Falk, American attorney, politician
  • Lisanne Falk, American actress and film producer
  • Dean Falk, American academic Neuroanthropologist
  • David Falk, American sports agent

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