The Falcon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,125 people carried this name — #2,398 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,500 people counted. That is up 33% from 11,371 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 23,180 people named Falcon live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 554 people named Falcon.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Haute-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Falcon live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
30 people named Falcon is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Falcon in American newspapers,
1925–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 86,479 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Falcon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cornélie Falcon 1814–1897 · opera singer -
Gordon Thomas Falcon d. 1854 · naval officer
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Maitland Falcon 1769–1848
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Emma Helen Christian 1773–
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Pierre Falcon 1793–1876 · writer
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Charles Falcon 1810–1875
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Falcon.
- Fajardo 15,100 · U.S. census
- Falanga 525 · U.S. census
- Falbo 1,376 · U.S. census
- Falce 228 · U.S. census
- Falck 892 · U.S. census
- Falco 4,695 · U.S. census
- Falcone 7,423 · U.S. census
- Falconi 521 · U.S. census
- Falk 11,979 · U.S. census
- Fall 5,060 · U.S. census
- Falla 764 · U.S. census
- Fallecker 132 · U.S. census
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