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

Folwell is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Folwell? popularity and diffusion

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

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 591 people, or 1 in 613,298. In The United States Folwell is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 14 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Idaho, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 41 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Folwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Folwell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Folwell surname rose 257 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 195 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Folwell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Folwell last name are 17.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national 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
  • 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 Folwell
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