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The surname Falcone was first found in Messina (Sicilian: Missina; Latin: Messana), capital of the Italian province of Messina. Its history begins in 397 B.C. After a checkered history the Saracens took it in 831, and the Normans in 1061. It was host to the crusaders in 1190. Garibaldi landed in 1860 and it was the last city to be made a part of united Italy. The first record of the name was in the year 1000 when the family held estates in Cerami, Comiso, Asaro, Lamotta, in the barony of Domicella. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Falcone, Falcione, Falciane and others.
Prominent among bearers of this surname in early times was
In the United States, the name Falcone is the 5,499th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Anton Falcon, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1562; Antonio Falcon, who came to Peru in 1589; Alexander Falcon, who settled in Virginia in 1620; Antonia Falcon, who arrived in New Orleans in 1778.