The Fall surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,060 people carried this name — #6,676 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,100 people counted. That is up 20% from 4,209 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 384 people named Fall live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 319 people named Fall.
Most of them — 233 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
277 people named Fall live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 167 people named Fall 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 Poland’s population register
154 people named Fall have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 217 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
387 people named Fall are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Fall in American newspapers,
1881–1937.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,011,928 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fall,
with a public archive behind them.
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Janet Fall 1725–1802 -
Albert B. Fall 1861–1944 · lawyer -
Leo Fall 1873–1925 · composer -
Georges Fall 1920–2014 · publisher -
Bernard B. Fall 1926–1967 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 156 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fall.
- Falck 892 · U.S. census
- Falco 4,695 · U.S. census
- Falcon 15,125 · U.S. census
- Falcone 7,423 · U.S. census
- Falconi 521 · U.S. census
- Falk 11,979 · U.S. census
- Falla 764 · U.S. census
- Fallecker 132 · U.S. census
- Faller 3,097 · U.S. census
- Falletta 537 · U.S. census
- Falletti 210 · U.S. census
- Fallon 11,974 · U.S. census
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