Faller is used as a family name or surname in Italy, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Faller
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Italy, England
Meaning:

Variant of the Foly. Grandson of Foghlaidh meaning "plunderer".

The variant of the Falls. Dweller at the fallow lands.

How popular is Faller?

Faller is common in Germany, United States, Philippines, Brazil, France, Austria, Hungary, Russia, Switzerland, England, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, Canada.

Faller is ranked 29175 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Faller bearers increased by 8.29 per cent in 2010 US census to 3097 since 2000, the surname slipped by 79 spots and ranked at 10402. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.18 91.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.42 2.59
Hispanic or Latino 3.23 1.61
Black 2.39 3.25
Others 1.58 0.73
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.19 0.31
Faller is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Northern Mariana Islands lie ahead in terms of density. Around 18407 people have been found who wears Faller as their family name. Faller is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Faller:
1,585 Germany6,557
11,299 United States3,543
4,675 Philippines3,167
4,639 Brazil1,745
Countries with hundreds of Faller:
12,202 France775
3,371 Austria396
3,503 Hungary307
48,073 Russia273
5,974 Switzerland191
22,824 England186
41,760 Italy173
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
2,900 Uruguay138
26,469 Canada130
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,424 Norway77
50,752 South Africa76
17,952 Mexico68
5,959 Scotland66
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,859 Ecuador41
47,396 Australia38
261,046 Thailand30
86,049 Argentina27
10,313 Singapore26
23,417 Croatia22
5,745 Northern Ireland21
37,550 Sweden19
10,207 Ireland16
193,954 Ukraine16
63,384 Spain16
28,765 New Zealand12
486 Northern Mariana Islands11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
83,699 Kazakhstan10
91,312 Czechia8
20,155 Taiwan7
52,732 Kyrgyzstan7
23,171 Wales6
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Lucia Faller from Baden aboard the Saint Denis from Havre. She is registered to be 25 years old when she arrived in USA on November 30, 1852. Rosa Faller (27) Farmer, 26 years old Marie Faller, Anna Faller, aged 5, Elise Faller, U-Mrs Faller (31), Joseph Faller, aged 27, Mathias Faller, aged 23, Nicolas Faller (28) Farmer, and 215 other Faller around 55.26% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and watchmaker, servant, tailor, brewer, painter, laborer, butcher, clerk, steward, carpenter, merchant, spinster, gardener migrated to US from Havre, Bremen and Antwerp.

Faller Namesakes

  • Newton Faller, Brazilian computer scientist and electrical engineer
  • Ruwen Faller, German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres

Faller Namesakes

  • Newton Faller, Brazilian computer scientist and electrical engineer
  • Ruwen Faller, German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres

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