How common is the surname Folden?

1,486 people in the United States had the surname Folden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. It ranked 18,561st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Folden getting more or less common?

More common. 1,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,486 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Folden

A surname, carried by 1,486 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Folden is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,486 people named Folden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,438.

#18,561

rank among US surnames

1,486

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,924)

Who is named Folden

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Folden identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Folden?: 1,486 people in the United States had the surname Folden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. It ranked 18,561st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Folden?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Folden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Folden getting more or less common?: More common. 1,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,486 in 2010, up 3.3%.