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    The surname Folkes

    A surname, carried by 1,254 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F422

    Folkes: #20,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Folkes #20,985, 1,254 people Folkes: #20,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Folkes #20,985, 1,254 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Folkes is more common than 87.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,254 people named Folkes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,209 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,121.

    #20,985
    rank among US surnames
    1,254
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #21,666)

    Who is named Folkes

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

    53% of people named Folkes identified as Black (not Hispanic), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 53%
    • White (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Folkes

    Folkes has the Soundex code F422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F422.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Folkes?
    1,254 people in the United States had the surname Folkes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,209 Americans. It ranked 20,985th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Folkes?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Folkes identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Folkes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,121 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,254 in 2010, up 12%.