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    The surname Folks

    A surname, carried by 2,394 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F420

    Folks: #12,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Folks #12,861, 2,394 people Folks: #12,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Folks #12,861, 2,394 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Folks is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,394 people named Folks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,966 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,337.

    #12,861
    rank among US surnames
    2,394
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,221)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,856Cliff2,395128,913
    #12,861Hofmeister2,394128,966
    #12,865Wunder2,393129,020
    #12,869Buckwalter2,392129,074

    Who is named Folks

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

    60% of people named Folks identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Folkss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Byron Allen
      American businessman and comedian, born 1961

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Folks

    Folks has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Folks?
    2,394 people in the United States had the surname Folks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,966 Americans. It ranked 12,861st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Folks?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Folks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Folks?
    Byron Allen, American businessman and comedian.
    Where is the surname Folks most common?
    Wikidata records people named Folks in the United States.
    Is the surname Folks getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,337 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,394 in 2010, up 2.4%.