Folkmer Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Folkmer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Folkmer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland411:927,04369,048
Germany351:2,300,156119,987
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Folkmer Last Name Facts

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

Folkmer (Russian: Фолькмер) occurs in Poland more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Folkmer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Folkmer is the 1,839,022nd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Folkmer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Folkmer reside; 51 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 46 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Poland, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 927,043. Not including Poland this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 35 percent reside and Russia, where 6 percent reside.

Folkmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Folkmer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Folkmer last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folkmier9325/
Folkmeir931/
Foulkmer931/
Volkmer867,656/
Falkmer8628/
Folkmerová825/
Volckmer8073/
Folkmire8032/
Faulkmer805/
Volkmier800/
Fulkmear800/
Fulckmer800/
Vollkmer800/
Falkmyr712/
Falkmire671/
Faulkmire630/
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Folkmer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Folkmer in the Russian language
Фолькмерfolkmer-

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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 Folkmer
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