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

The last name Folk occurs most in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Folk click here.

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

This surname is the 51,808^th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 737,009 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Folk are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,005,046^th most common first name world-wide, borne by 90 people.

The last name Folk is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 7,505 people, or 1 in 48,296. In The United States it is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 15 percent live, South Carolina, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States this surname exists in 56 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 10 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.

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 last name increased 436 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 6 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Folk Last Name Statistics ^demography

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

In The United States those bearing the Folk surname 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.