Folten Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Folten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany291:2,776,050134,833
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Ukraine221:2,069,213143,711
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Folten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Folten (Russian: Фольтен) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Folten? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,943,350th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Folten occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Folten are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 2,776,050. In Germany Folten is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 97 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 3 percent live. Besides Germany this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 30 percent live and Ukraine, where 24 percent live.

Folten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Folten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Folten surname contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foltyn834,546/
Foltin831,587/
Foltýn831,063/
Foltín83188/
Falten83163/
Volten83136/
Fulten834/
Foltenová8018/
Foltenova801/
Folting7784/
Foltyna7735/
Vollten7716/
Falteng778/
Faltien775/
Foltina775/
Pholten770/
Fultn730/
Foltting712/
Falltien710/
Faltin672,836/
Foltýnová671,066/
Faltyn67936/
Foltynová67459/
Voltin67290/
Foltinová67171/
Foltínová67144/
Fultyn6766/
Valten6759/
Faltýn6755/
Faltín6727/
Foltynova6726/
Foltinova6714/
Foltyń6712/
Fultin674/
Folténová672/
Foltim672/
Foltínova671/
Faltén671/
Vulten670/

Folten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Folten in the Russian language
Фольтенfolten-

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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 Folten
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