View the most religious surnames in Russia

Where Does The Last Name Folk Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Folk is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Folk? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 51,808^th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 737,009 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Folk live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America. Folk is also the 1,005,046^th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 90 people.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 7,505 people, or 1 in 48,296. In The United States Folk is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 15 percent reside, South Carolina, where 7 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 56 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.

Folk Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Folk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Folk surname rose 436 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 6 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Folk Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (94%) in Russia and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Folk last name are 15.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.17% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Folk earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.96% less than the national average, earning $41,871 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.55% more than the national average, earning $52,441 CAD per year.