Faulks

English

Etymology 1

From the Anglo-Norman personal name Faulques, a name from the same ultimate source as falcon.

Alternative forms

• Fawkes

Proper noun

Faulks (plural Faulkses)

1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Faulks is the 21830^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1191 individuals. Faulks is most common among Black/African American (51.47%) and White (42.49%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Faulks”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 555.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Faulks

1. plural of Faulk