Folkening Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Folkening Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folkening Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States961:3,775,614208,022
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Folkening Last Name Facts

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

The last name Folkening is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Folkening? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,882,912th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Folkening live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 3,775,614. In The United States Folkening is most prevalent in: Indiana, where 41 percent reside, Illinois, where 16 percent reside and Michigan, where 16 percent reside. Aside from The United States it exists in one country. It is also common in Poland, where 1 percent reside.

Folkening Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Folkening surname are 46.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 92.86% registered with the political party.

Folkening earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.19% more than the national average, earning $56,609 USD per year.

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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 Folkening
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