Falk History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Falk Ranking

In the United States, the name Falk is the 3,166^th most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Jayme Falk, aged 23, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1840 2
Wulf Falk, who settled in Philadelphia in 1847
Joseph Falk, who arrived in New Castle County, Delaware, in 1853
Jacob Falk, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1853 2
Georg Falk, his wife Agnes, and their five children arrived in Texas in 1854
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Peter Falk, who landed in Manitoba in 1874
Henry Falk, who arrived in Manitoba in 1875
William Falk, who arrived in Manitoba in 1875
Heinrich Falk, who arrived in Manitoba in 1875
David Falk, who landed in Manitoba in 1876
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Peter Falk (1927-2011), American two-time Academy Award nominated, five-time Emmy Award winning actor and comedian, best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo
Lee Falk (1911-1999), born Leon Harrison Gross, an American writer, theater director and producer, creator of the comic strips The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician
Joe Falk (b. 1951), American auto dealer and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owner
Richard Anderson Falk (b. 1930), American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University
Franz Falk, German-born, American businessman who founded the Falk Corporation, which designs, manufactures, and markets power transmission products in 1892
Conrad Robert Falk (b. 1935), birth name of Robert Conrad, American actor, best known for his role in the 1965 CBS television series The Wild Wild West
Christian Falk (b. 1962), Swedish record producer and musician
Patrick Falk (b. 1980), German footballer
Robert Falk (1886-1958), Russian painter
Kurt Falk (1933-2005), Austrian newspaper publisher
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"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)