How common is the surname Follis?

1,866 people in the United States had the surname Follis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,458 Americans. It ranked 15,651st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Follis?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Follis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Follis getting more or less common?

More common. 1,858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,866 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Follis

A surname, carried by 1,866 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Follis is more common than 90.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,866 people named Follis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,458 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,858.

#15,651

rank among US surnames

1,866

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,671)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,647	Epling	1,867	165,370
#15,651	Brunt	1,866	165,458
#15,658	Matzke	1,865	165,547

Who is named Follis

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

94% of people named Follis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Follis

Follis 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 Follis?: 1,866 people in the United States had the surname Follis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,458 Americans. It ranked 15,651st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Follis?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Follis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Follis getting more or less common?: More common. 1,858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,866 in 2010, up 0.4%.