Folck Surname

544,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Folck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5261:689,08554,664
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:697,48245,119

Folck Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Folck Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Folck occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Folck? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 544,808th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 12,393,786 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Folck reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 526 people, or 1 in 689,085. In The United States it is most common in: Ohio, where 17 percent live, Indiana, where 12 percent live and New York, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 4 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.

Folck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Folck has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Folck last name expanded 731 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Folck Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Folck surname are 31.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.36% being registered with the party.

Folck earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.88% less than the national average, earning $39,317 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folcke9186/
Foulck910/
Folk899,888/
Folc89148/
Falck806,851/
Foulk803,156/
Folke80762/
Volck80318/
Foulc8069/
Pfolk807/
Folkt800/
Folkz800/
Foulke731,701/
Falcke73628/
Falckh7329/
Folkhe734/
Follke732/
Faulck732/
Foulkz731/
Voulck730/
Follks730/
Foilks730/
Foolke730/
Pfolke730/
Volk6774,069/
Falk6760,054/
Falc67478/
Folková67261/
Folcque6737/
Folcová6735/
Folkova6716/
Folg6713/
Folx671/
Fallckh671/
Foullks670/
Folkowa670/
Ffoulks670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Folck
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