# Folsom (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/folsom/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,598 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,667 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,635 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (7,505 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Foulsham.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Folsom in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Folsom in the United States.

## People named Folsom

- Jim Folsom, 42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama (1908-1987)
- James Elisha Folsom, Jr., 50th Governor of Alabama
- Allan Folsom, American writer (1941–2014)
- Nathaniel Folsom, American merchant and politician

## Similar surnames

Faulkner, Feliciano, Falcon, Falcone, Flickinger, Fleischman, Falconer, Falkner, Fleshman, Fulgham, Fleischmann, Falzone.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.