Folg Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Folg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Folg Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Folg Last Name Facts

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

Folg is found most frequently in Poland. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Folg? popularity and diffusion

The last name Folg is the 5,391,485th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Folg is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Folg reside; 77 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 77 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 3,800,875. Beside Poland this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Guatemala, where 8 percent are found and Serbia, where 8 percent are found.

Folg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Folg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Folg surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Follg890/
Folgt890/
Folgue800/
Folk759,888/
Folc75148/
Volg7559/
Fulg7522/
Falg753/
Folx751/
Folgová737/
Folgova732/
Foulk673,156/
Folke67762/
Folck67588/
Pfulg67259/
Foulc6769/
Pfolk677/
Falgg672/
Foulq671/
Fullg671/
Foelk671/
Volgh671/
Falcg671/
Folkz670/
Folkt670/
Follx670/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Folg
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