The Faller surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,097 people carried this name — #10,402 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 95,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 2,860 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 335 people named Faller.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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
227 people named Faller live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 40 people named Faller 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
32 people named Faller 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
Faller in American newspapers,
1900–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Faller,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Baptist Faller 1696–1771 · musician
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Matthias Faller 1707–1791 · sculptor
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Jacob Faller 1720–1769 · musician
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Anton Faller 1756–1824 · actor
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Christiane Faller 1781–1839
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Nikolaus Faller 1789–1865 · entrepreneur
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Faller.
- 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
- Falletta 537 · U.S. census
- Falletti 210 · U.S. census
- Fallon 11,974 · U.S. census
- Fallone 313 · U.S. census
- Fallot 138 · U.S. census
- Falzon 499 · U.S. census
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