Explore the Family Name Falkowitz

The meaning of Falkowitz

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Falk ‘falcon’. The ending -owitz is a Germanized form of the East Slavic patronymic ending -ovich, Polish -owicz. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Moshe, Alter, Hersch, Isadore, Mechel, Mordche.

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How common is the last name Falkowitz in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Falkowitz saw an increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 61,376 in terms of frequency and increased to a rank of 52,736 by 2010, marking a change of 14.08%. During the same period, the number of people with this surname also grew from 306 to 393, representing a significant rise of 28.43%. The proportion of individuals named Falkowitz per 100,000 people also rose from 0.11 to 0.13, showing an 18.18% increase.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,376	#52,736	14.08%
Count	306	393	28.43%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.13	18.18%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Falkowitz

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the Falkowitz surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. This group made up 96.73% of all Falkowitz in 2000, slightly decreasing to 95.93% by 2010. There was a notable appearance of the Hispanic ethnic identity within this surname group, increasing from 0% in 2000 to 3.31% in 2010. However, no individuals with the Falkowitz surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these census years. The count for those identifying with two or more races dropped from 1.96% in 2000 to 0% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.73%	95.93%	-0.83%
Hispanic	0%	3.31%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.96%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%