Foliard Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Foliard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foliard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2291:290,05644,463
England31:18,572,686338,250
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093

Foliard Last Name Facts

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

Foliard is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Foliard? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,061,269th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. The last name Foliard is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Foliard reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Foliard is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 229 people, or 1 in 290,056. In France it is most numerous in: Pays de la Loire, where 35 percent are found, Brittany, where 23 percent are found and Normandy, where 10 percent are found. Aside from France this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and French Polynesia, where 0 percent are found.

Foliard Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folliard931,001/
Fouliard93307/
Folard920/
Foulliard883/
Foulard86673/
Foliart8659/
Folgard8614/
Follard866/
Folliar862/
Folhard860/
Folar837/
Foillard80138/
Foullard8056/
Follardt8010/
Folgardt804/
Folliart800/
Folleird800/
Follyard800/
Folleard800/
Folgar774,655/
Volard77141/
Voliar77110/
Foular7744/
Felard7722/
Folare778/
Folhar775/
Follar773/
Fulard772/
Falard772/
Folarz772/
Félard772/
Faliar771/
Foslar771/
Folord770/
Foolar770/
Voilliard7516/
Follhardt759/
Fullard713,371/
Vollard71328/
Fallard71135/
Volhard7176/
Folgart7134/
Foulart7124/
Voilard7112/
Falgard7110/
Folhart717/
Veliard715/
Follart713/
Foolare712/
Folarte712/
Fagliar711/
Fulgard711/
Follahr710/
Foolaar710/
Fulhard710/
Fulyard710/
Foulgar710/
Volar67522/
Falar67326/
Voillard67284/
Vollaard67256/
Vulliard6759/
Follárdt6721/
Folor678/
Falgaard677/
Valliard675/
Volhardt673/
Vollhard672/
Fullhard672/
Fahlgard671/
Vollardt671/
Falyards671/
Follarte671/
Foullare671/
Fullyard670/
Fulhardt670/

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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 Foliard
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