Faulkner Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Faulkner Name Meaning: Believed to have derived from the French word 'fau(l)connier', or the Anglo Saxon 'falconeer', which was a word used to describe someone who worked with or kept hawks for hunting.

Believed to have derived from the French word 'fau(l)connier', or the Anglo Saxon 'falconeer', which was a word used to describe someone who worked with or kept hawks for hunting. An important job as often hawk trainers would supply hawks to the Lord of the manor.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

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Faulkner Surname Statistics

Top Professions for the Faulkner family

• 1841
• 1851
• 1861
• 1871
• 1881
• 1891
• 1901
• 1911

Profession	Census Frequency
School	1,161
Farm Labourer	122
General Labourer	87
Labourer	85
Private Means	77
General Servant (domestic)	67
Domestic Servant	53
None	51
At Home	49
Bricklayer	48
Farmer	46
Dressmaker	42
Clerk	38
General Servant Domestic	37
House Keeper	37
Housekeeper	33
Coal Miner Hewer	33
House Painter	30
Scholar	29
Gardener Domestic	28
Carter	28
Cook (domestic)	28
Laundress	27
Carpenter	26
Housemaid (domestic)	26