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falkner Name Meaning and History

  1. German: occupational name for a falconer, Middle High German vakenoere. In medieval times falconry was a sport practised only by the nobility; it was the task of the falconer to look after the birds and train young ones.
  2. English: variant spelling of Faulkner.

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Distribution of falkner Families in the US in 1920
Number of falkner families
 41-79
 14-40		 1-13
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 76 - Messages: 181
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Azariah Falkner/Faulkner TobyFaulkner 2
DNA Study: Faulkner/Falkner/Fortner/Falconer/Faulconer surnames anna b 2
falkners of Dublin, Ireland HRogers4925 8
Falkner's of eastern Alabama/Lamar/Fayette Counties sistertosix 0
Falkner from Wisconsin DexterHuber 0
Falkner/Faulkner of NC and SC Sharon Falkner 6
burrel lanier falkner in lamar co., alabama anita bobo 5
1880 Partial Census MO Folkner, McFarland, et al. Carmela_Kelly 2
Charles Falkner Ward Falkner 2
falkner erica brooks 6
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