Foulk Surname
Approximately 3,156 people bear this surname
Foulk Surname Definition:
(Welsh, English) Descendant of Foulk or Fulk (people). An early form of a capital F was ff.
Foulk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,031 | 1:119,584 | 12,810 |
| England | 99 | 1:562,809 | 34,447 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 62 | 1:393,151 | 23,809 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:120,647 | 5,000 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 805 | 1:62,383 | 6,817 |
Foulk Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Welsh, English) Descendant of Foulk or Fulk (people). An early form of a capital F was ff.
The personal name, Fulco or Fulke, through the French Foulques.
FFOULKES: The pedigree is deduced from Marchudd ap Cynan, lord of Brynffenigi, who flourished in the ninth century. The name appears to have been borrowed from Ffoulk ap Thomas, who lived early in the sixteenth century, and whose descendants have ever since borne it.
Foulk Demographics
Foulk Political Affiliation
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Foulk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foulk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foulk is found most in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foulk? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 141,236th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,309,108 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Foulk live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 3,031 people, or 1 in 119,584. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 13 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Missouri, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.
Foulk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Foulk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Foulk last name expanded 377 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 160 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Foulk Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Foulk surname are 29.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76% being registered with the party.
Foulk earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.6% less than the national average, earning $42,026 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foulke | 91 | 1,701 | / |
| Foulkz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Foulck | 91 | 0 | / |
| Folk | 89 | 9,888 | / |
| Fulk | 89 | 5,898 | / |
| Foullks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Ffoulks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Faulk | 80 | 15,391 | / |
| Folke | 80 | 762 | / |
| Folck | 80 | 588 | / |
| Fulke | 80 | 130 | / |
| Foulc | 80 | 69 | / |
| Voulk | 80 | 13 | / |
| Pfolk | 80 | 7 | / |
| Feulk | 80 | 2 | / |
| Fulck | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fulkz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foelk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foulq | 80 | 1 | / |
| Folkt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Folkz | 80 | 0 | / |
| Faulke | 73 | 121 | / |
| Folcke | 73 | 86 | / |
| Fuglik | 73 | 7 | / |
| Folkhe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Faulck | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fullke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Follke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fullks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fucelk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fulhke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foilks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fuhlke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Faullk | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fulcks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Foolke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Follks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Voulck | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pfolke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Volk | 67 | 74,069 | / |
| Falk | 67 | 60,054 | / |
| Folková | 67 | 261 | / |
| Fulková | 67 | 161 | / |
| Folc | 67 | 148 | / |
| Vulk | 67 | 63 | / |
| Foulque | 67 | 48 | / |
| Fulg | 67 | 22 | / |
| Folkova | 67 | 16 | / |
| Folg | 67 | 13 | / |
| Fulc | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fulkova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fowelks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fulq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Folx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Folkowa | 67 | 0 | / |
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