Foldman Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Foldman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foldman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Foldman Last Name Facts

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

Foldman is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Foldman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foldman? popularity and diffusion

The last name Foldman is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Foldman reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Foldman is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly found in: Massachusetts, where 50 percent live and Michigan, where 50 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 25 percent live and Poland, where 25 percent live.

Foldman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Foldman has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foldmand931/
Voldman86245/
Faldman8611/
Fuldman860/
Faltdman8015/
Vol'dman801/
Voldmann801/
Valdman71947/
Faldmon710/
Valdmann67302/
Val'dman671/

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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 Foldman
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