Folkers Surname
Approximately 3,524 people bear this surname
Folkers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,348 | 1:268,886 | 25,280 |
| Netherlands | 1,088 | 1:15,521 | 2,351 |
| Germany | 821 | 1:98,058 | 12,200 |
| Australia | 74 | 1:364,807 | 30,412 |
| Thailand | 71 | 1:994,906 | 151,495 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 138 | 1:363,904 | 27,584 |
Folkers (65) may also be a first name.
Folkers Demographics
Average Folkers Salary in
United States
$46,379 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Folkers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folkers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Folkers occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Folkers? popularity and diffusion
Folkers is the 128,586th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,067,976 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Folkers live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe. Folkers is also the 1,212,820th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 65 people.
The last name Folkers is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,348 people, or 1 in 268,886. In The United States Folkers is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 13 percent live, Iowa, where 13 percent live and Nebraska, where 11 percent live. Besides The United States Folkers occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 31 percent live and Germany, where 23 percent live.
Folkers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Folkers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Folkers last name increased 977 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Folkers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Folkers are 32.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 79.64% being registered with the party.
The amount Folkers earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.49% more than the national average, earning $46,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.25% more than the national average, earning $54,277 CAD 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 Folkers
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