Folkow Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Folkow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folkow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway121:428,52437,411
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Folkow Last Name Facts

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

Folkow occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Folkow? popularity and diffusion

Folkow is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Folkow occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Folkow are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 95 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most numerous in Norway, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 428,524. In Norway Folkow is most common in: Northern Norway, where 83 percent are found and Eastern Norway, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Norway it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 41 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Folkow Last Name Statistics demography

Folkow earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Norway they earn 50.7% more than the national average, earning 521,541 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folkowa920/
Falkow83112/
Volkow8362/
Folkov8317/
Folkof837/
Folkoff7733/
Folkova7716/
Folkawf770/
Volkov67265,346/
Falkov671,171/
Volkof6740/
Falkof6730/
Volcow674/
Falcow671/
Fulkov671/
Folcov671/

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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
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  • 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 Folkow
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