Folkner Surname

532,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 607 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Hungary

Folkner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folkner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5351:677,49353,934
Hungary201:490,81431,291
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
England21:27,859,030389,889
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2411:208,37617,958

Folkner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Folkner (Russian: Фолкнер) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Folkner.

How Common Is The Last Name Folkner? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 532,232nd most widely held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,005,842 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Folkner are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Folkner is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 535 people, or 1 in 677,493. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 19 percent live, Texas, where 16 percent live and Indiana, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Folkner occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 3 percent live and Russia, where 2 percent live.

Folkner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Folkner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Folkner surname increased 222 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Folkner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Folkner last name are 19.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.41% being registered with the political party.

Folkner earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.56% less than the national average, earning $39,455 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Folkner Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Folkner in the Russian language
Фолкнерfolkner-

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Folkner Reference & Research

Voelkner DNA Project FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Folkner
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