Foulder Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Foulder Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foulder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:1,392,95161,553
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Foulder Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foulder is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foulder? popularity and diffusion

The surname Foulder is the 2,909,720th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Foulder is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Foulder are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most widespread in England, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 1,392,951. In England it is primarily found in: Merseyside, where 50 percent live, West Yorkshire, where 25 percent live and Cheshire, where 18 percent live. Other than England this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 4 percent live and Ireland, where 2 percent live.

Foulder Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Foulder has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Foulder surname increased 222 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folder92647/
Fulder9226/
Foulde926/
Faulder861,035/
Fouldes8620/
Follder865/
Foldger865/
Foldier861/
Fullder861/
Fulde83797/
Folde83222/
Pfaulder800/
Foldes77824/
Foulda77709/
Volder77570/
Falder77486/
Faulde7746/
Foldie7734/
Vulder7712/
Fouldi774/
Fálder773/
Folded773/
Foldeš771/
Fgolde771/
Fuldee771/
Fullde770/
Fielder7114,636/
Feilder7180/
Foldesh7125/
Foulday712/
Faulderová711/
Faelder711/
Faylder711/
Folldes711/
Faldger711/
Fauldes711/
Fealder710/
Feelder710/
Foldi671,107/
Fulda67881/
Folda67544/
Falde67260/
Foldy67213/
Volde6713/
Fuldi675/
Fieldeer672/
Veuldeur671/
Feileder671/
Fuldoire671/
Fuldy670/
Fauldess670/

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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 Foulder
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