Falkenstein Family History
- Falkenstein Name Meaning
- German: habitational name from any of several places named Falkenstein, from Old High German falke ‘falcon’ + stein ‘stone’, ‘rock’, here indicating a medieval castle. This has been a common surname in Germany since the late 14th century. Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name as in 1 or an ornamental name composed of German Falke ‘falcon’ + Stein ‘stone’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 77,850 Historical Documents with Falkenstein on Ancestry
- 30,757 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 6,688 Census and Voter Lists
- 5,744 Military Records
- 2,307 Immigration Records
- 32,354 Member Trees
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Number of Falkenstein families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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