Falkenberg is used as a family name or surname in Germany, England. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Falkenberg
No. of characters: 10
Origin: Germany, England
Meaning:

One who came from Falkenberg meaning "falcon mountain," a city in Sweden.

The variant of Fawconbridge. The great barons by writ, De Fauconberg, were summoned to Parliament from 1295 till about 1370. The heiress married William, younger son of Ralph, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, who there upon wrote himself W. Neville de Fauconberge. The name seems to be derived from an estate in Yorkshire, perhaps the same as that called in Hundred Rolls Fulkebrigge.

How popular is Falkenberg?

Falkenberg is common in Germany, United States, Denmark, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Russia, Brazil.

Falkenberg is ranked 50116 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Falkenbergs plummeted by 0.29 per cent to 1028 since 2000 and slipped by 1242 spots and ranked at 24370. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.83 93.99
Hispanic or Latino 5.35 3.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.07 0.78
Others 0.97 0.97
Falkenberg is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Denmark is ahead in terms of density. Around 10254 people have been found who wears Falkenberg as their family name. Falkenberg is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Falkenberg:
1,979 Germany5,342
22,850 United States1,518
430 Denmark1,172
Countries with hundreds of Falkenberg:
9,696 Canada420
9,395 Australia334
2,643 Sweden304
3,143 Norway215
33,454 Poland139
95,217 Russia107
66,023 Brazil102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,372 Argentina87
57,770 South Africa61
35,624 Netherlands57
9,934 Finland57
130,443 France52
28,230 Belgium52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,834 Estonia50
43,439 Kazakhstan28
36,996 Austria25
101,561 England19
95,442 Malaysia12
76,064 Zimbabwe11
31,040 New Zealand11
410,938 Indonesia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
53,588 Switzerland10
639 Faroe Islands8
476,604 Thailand8
710 Greenland7
4,053 El Salvador6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Tailor Jean Falkenberg from Germany aboard the Von Brel from Antwerp. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in USA on April 11, 1852. M-M Falkenberg, aged 40, Bernhard Falkenberg, 20 years old Hilda Falkenberg, 18 years old Baptiste Falkenberg, Baptiste Falkenberg (18) Farmer, Magdalena Falkenberg (19) Servant, 25 years old Paul Falkenberg, Emilie Falkenberg, and 66 other Falkenberg around 34.29% of whom were farmer while others worked as servant and merchant migrated to US from Havre, Antwerp and Hamburg & Southampton.

Falkenberg Namesakes

  • Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer of mostly fiction
  • Otto Falkenberg, Norwegian sailor
  • Cy Falkenberg, American professional baseball pitcher
  • Kenneth Falkenberg, Danish football goalkeeper
  • Bob Falkenberg, retired professional ice hockey defenceman

Falkenberg Namesakes

  • Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer of mostly fiction
  • Otto Falkenberg, Norwegian sailor
  • Cy Falkenberg, American professional baseball pitcher
  • Kenneth Falkenberg, Danish football goalkeeper
  • Bob Falkenberg, retired professional ice hockey defenceman

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