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    The surname Folsom

    A surname, carried by 7,598 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F425

    Folsom: #4,667 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Folsom #4,667, 7,598 people Folsom: #4,667 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Folsom #4,667, 7,598 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Folsom is more common than 97.1% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Foulsham.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,598 people named Folsom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,635 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,505.

    #4,667
    rank among US surnames
    7,598
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,374)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,658Martini7,61240,560
    #4,659McEwen7,61040,571
    #4,660Heflin7,60940,576
    #4,661Sparkman7,60740,587
    #4,662Zeng7,60540,598
    #4,663Reitz7,60440,603
    #4,664Silvers7,60240,614

    Who is named Folsom

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

    87% of people named Folsom identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Folsoms

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jim Folsom
      42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama (1908-1987)
    • James Elisha Folsom, Jr.
      50th Governor of Alabama, born 1949
    • Allan Folsom
      American writer (1941–2014)
    • Nathaniel Folsom
      American merchant and politician, 1726–1790

    Questions

    Where does the surname Folsom come from?
    Variant of Foulsham.
    How common is the surname Folsom?
    7,598 people in the United States had the surname Folsom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,635 Americans. It ranked 4,667th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Folsom?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Folsom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Folsom?
    Jim Folsom, 42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama (1908-1987), followed by James Elisha Folsom, Jr..
    Where is the surname Folsom most common?
    Wikidata records people named Folsom in the United States.
    Is the surname Folsom getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,505 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,598 in 2010, up 1.2%.