Falk Family History
Falk Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German valke ‘falcon’, hence a
nickname or a metonymic occupational name for a falconer.Scandinavian: ornamental name from falk
‘falcon’.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German
Falke ‘falcon’, or, in Bohemia, from Czech vlk
‘wolf’.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from Yiddish
falk ‘falcon’ or from the personal name Falk with the
same meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Falk
Name Distribution of Falk Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Falk families
 171 - 340  58 - 170 |
 1 - 57  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Falk families
|
39 - 75 14 - 38 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Falk families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Falk census records
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Falk Family Origin
Falk Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Falk
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Falk Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Falk census records
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Falk Civil War Service Records
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