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[Surname] Re: Faulkes
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P.H.Reany, A Dictionary of English Surnames, Oxford 1997, only has FAULK:http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=faulk&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
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Yes, the English Faulk and Faulkes are the same, Fawkes is another spelling. All come from the Germanic Falco, and so are ultimately the same as the German surname Falk.
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