Explore the Family Name Faulkenberry

The meaning of Faulkenberry

1. Americanized form of Dutch Falkenburg and of its variant Van Valkenburg. Compare Fortenberry. 2. Probably also an Americanized form of German Falkenberg.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname 'Faulkenberry' has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname went from 15225 in 2000 to 16616 in 2010, indicating a drop in popularity by 9.14%. In terms of counts, there were 1774 individuals with this surname in 2000, which decreased slightly to 1726 in 2010, a change of -2.71%. The proportion of this surname per 100k people also experienced a decrease from 0.66 to 0.59 during the same period, showing a decline of 10.61%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,225	#16,616	-9.14%
Count	1,774	1,726	-2.71%
Proportion per 100k	0.66	0.59	-10.61%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Faulkenberry

When it comes to ethnic identity of those bearing the Faulkenberry surname, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some notable changes from 2000 to 2010. There was a significant increase among those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (from 0.39 to 0.58) and those identifying with two or more races (from 0.51 to 1.27). Meanwhile, there was a modest increase for those of Hispanic ethnicity (from 1.18 to 1.85) and Black ethnicity (from 0.56 to 0.70). On the other hand, individuals identifying as White saw a slight decrease from 95.83 to 94.67. The biggest shift occurred in the category of American Indian and Alaskan Native, with a decline from 1.52 in 2000 to 0.93 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.83%	94.67%	-1.21%
Hispanic	1.18%	1.85%	56.78%
Two or More Races	0.51%	1.27%	149.02%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.52%	0.93%	-38.82%
Black	0.56%	0.7%	25%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.39%	0.58%	48.72%