Foulger Surname
Approximately 2,566 people bear this surname
Foulger Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Folker' or 'Fulker.' This name is in Camden's small list 'Fulcher (Sax.), "lord of people"' (Rem.). For history of Folker, one of the champions of Burgundy, 'the mighty fiddler of Alsace,' v.
Read More About This SurnameFoulger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,533 | 1:36,346 | 4,766 |
| United States | 666 | 1:544,233 | 45,071 |
| Canada | 112 | 1:328,978 | 30,038 |
| Israel | 66 | 1:129,661 | 14,046 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| Northern Ireland | 34 | 1:54,266 | 4,423 |
| Scotland | 27 | 1:198,290 | 10,618 |
| Bermuda | 17 | 1:3,840 | 587 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 706 | 1:34,526 | 4,525 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
Foulger Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Folker' or 'Fulker.' This name is in Camden's small list 'Fulcher (Sax.), "lord of people"' (Rem.). For history of Folker, one of the champions of Burgundy, 'the mighty fiddler of Alsace,' v. Yonge, ii. 329- 30. The English form was more generally Fulke, which see. Miss Yonge is wrong in saying Fulk 'never took root in England,' as the article 'Fulke' will show. Folkard was both a German and Danish form.
Fulchard, provost of Thetford, Norfolk, 1140: History of Norfolk.
Fulcher de Carlton, 1150: Whitaker's Craven.
Whitaker quotes also an old charter, 'Ego, Fuleerus filius Herberti de Carlton dedi, &c.'
Walter Fulcher, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Fucher, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
John Folkard, Buckinghamshire, ibid.
Fuker de Dovre, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Warin Fucher, ibid.
Johannes Fowcher, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Margaret Fowcher. Calendarium Rotulorum Chartarum.
1611. Married — Edward Fowcher and Ann Harris: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1654-5. — Giles Fulcher and Jane Lacey: St. Dionis Backchurrh.
1789. — John Fitch and Elizabeth Foulger: St. George, Hanover Square.
1801. — John Futcher and Ann Weston: ibid.
1806. — William Folkard and Mary Ann Duncombe: ibid.
Prob. for French Foulquier, Teutonic Folker: v. under Foulkes.
Anglo-Saxon folgere, a follower, an attendant, a servant, a free-man who had not a house of his own, but who was the retainer of some "heorth-faest," or house-keeper. Bosworth.
Or De Fougeres, a baronial family descended from Alan, Baron of Fougeres or Fulgiers in Bretagne, c. 900, father of Maino, whose grandson Maino was living 1050. From his brother Frangualo descended the Lords Bohun of Midhurst (Herald and Genealogist, vi. 481, &c.). The Barons of Fulgiers or Filgiers had many branches in England. Ralph de Filgere3, 1083, held lands in Devon in capite (Domesd.). Henry de Filgeres occurs in 1130 (Rot. Pip.); Ralph de F. in 1189 (Ib.). William de Fulgeres held a barony in York 1165 (Liber Niger). Wace (ii. 231) mentions Ralph de Fulgeres as present at the battle of Hastings.
From Fulgent; a location name in France.
Foulger: is from Fougères in Ille-et-Vilaine.
Fulcher, a Norman, owned much property in the county at the time of the Conquest (P.). The name of Fulcher occurred in Lincolnshire in the 13th century (H. R.).
Foulger Demographics
Average Foulger Salary in
United States
$48,631 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Foulger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foulger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foulger has its highest incidence in England. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foulger? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 168,417th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,840,041 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Foulger live; 63 percent live in Northern Europe and 63 percent live in British Isles.
The last name Foulger is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 1,533 people, or 1 in 36,346. In England it is mostly found in: Suffolk, where 16 percent are found, Greater London, where 13 percent are found and Norfolk, where 8 percent are found. Beside England it occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
Foulger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Foulger has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Foulger surname grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 2,297 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 450 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 150 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Foulger Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Foulger last name are 8.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.19% registered with the party.
The amount Foulger earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 12.7% more than the national average, earning $48,631 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.46% less than the national average, earning $46,972 CAD per year.
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