Folwell Surname

296,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,285 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Folwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5911:613,29849,723
England5211:106,94411,177
Australia811:333,28028,364
New Zealand661:68,61110,369
Wales121:257,87814,969
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2671:91,2949,438
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2301:218,34218,603

Folwell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Folwell is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Folwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname Folwell is the 296,768th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 5,671,242 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 42 percent of Folwell live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in British Isles.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 591 people, or 1 in 613,298. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 14 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Idaho, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States Folwell is found in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 41 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Folwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Folwell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Folwell last name grew 257 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 195 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Folwell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Folwell last name is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Folwell surname are 17.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.97% being registered to vote for the party.

Folwell earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.88% more than the national average, earning $44,824 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Follwell93139/
Folwel922/
Follwoell881/
Falwell86677/
Fulwell86190/
Folwill862/
Folweel861/
Fallwell80332/
Faulwell8054/
Fullwell807/
Fülwel7713/
Follwwill751/
Faluell711/
Vallwell670/
Fulbel62142/
Falbel6236/
Fulwil621/
Falluel57239/
Fullbel571/

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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 Folwell
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