Fallas

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See also: fallas, fallás, and fällas

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

A variant of Fallis, an English surname.
Borrowed from Spanish Fallas, a surname predominantly found in Costa Rica.

Proper noun

Fallas (plural Fallases)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Fallas is the 39887^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Fallas is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.82%) and White (32.91%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fallas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 548.

Spanish

Proper noun

Fallas f pl

an annual festival held in Valencia where effigies are made and burned

Proper noun

Fallas m or f by sense

a surname

Derived terms

fallero

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