Folding Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Folding Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folding Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa941:576,35944,560
United States861:4,214,639225,501
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
China31:455,773,85521,925
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
England21:27,859,030389,889
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Folding (38) may also be a first name.

Folding Last Name Facts

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

Folding has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Folding? popularity and diffusion

Folding is the 1,189,614th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 47 percent of Folding live; 47 percent live in Southern Africa and 47 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 38 people.

Folding is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 576,359. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 99 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent reside. Barring South Africa it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 43 percent reside and Croatia, where 2 percent reside.

Folding Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Folding has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Folding last name increased 717 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Folding Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Folding last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Folding earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 14.37% less than the national average, earning R 203,484 per year and in United States they earn 22.44% more than the national average, earning $52,832 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foelding935/
Foulding931/
Foldin9213/
Volding86130/
Falding8647/
Foldina8622/
Fouldin861/
Fulding860/
Faulding80210/
Fouldien8060/
Fallding8021/
Folden772,462/
Faldin771,339/
Voldin77281/
Foldén7711/
Foldyn771/
Foldinová7528/
Foldyna71625/
Faldina71157/
Voldeng7174/
Falldin7161/
Valding7150/
Faldion716/
Faaldin711/
Fauldin710/
Foulden710/
Falldien6732/
Vaulding6718/
Voldøien677/
Fahaldin671/
Phooldin671/

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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 Folding
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