Foulks Surname

176,401st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,426 people bear this surname

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

Foulks Surname Definition:

The personal name, Fulco or Fulke, through the French Foulques.

Foulks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3101:156,90916,035
England701:795,97243,050
Ecuador161:994,11514,535
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
Wales51:618,90625,852
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1951:125,00211,754
Wales1071:14,658870
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5461:91,9769,439

Foulks Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The personal name, Fulco or Fulke, through the French Foulques.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Foulks Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foulks (Russian: Фоулкс) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foulks? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 176,401st most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,003,935 people. The surname Foulks occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Foulks live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 2,310 people, or 1 in 156,909. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Tennessee, where 9 percent are found, Illinois, where 7 percent are found and Nevada, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and Ecuador, where 1 percent are found.

Foulks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Foulks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Foulks last name expanded 423 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 64 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Foulks Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Foulks surname is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Foulks surname are 20.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.04% being registered with the political party.

Foulks earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.98% less than the national average, earning $40,567 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foullks920/
Ffoulks920/
Fulks914,751/
Folks913,481/
Faulks833,018/
Foolks832/
Foulkz831/
Fullks831/
Follks830/
Foilks830/
Fulcks830/
Fowelks772/
Volks73451/
Falks73300/
Fulkz731/
Fulcs731/
Folkz730/
D'Faulks711/
Vaulks6759/
Falkås6711/
Folchs672/
Fulchs672/
Vuilks671/
Failks671/
Pholks670/
Fuglics621/
Folx601/
Valks55856/
Faulx55121/
Volgs551/
Voulx551/
Fulqz551/
Follx550/
Valcks5021/
Fielgs502/

Foulks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Foulks in the Russian language
Фоулксfoulks-

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