How common is the surname Folz?

1,015 people in the United States had the surname Folz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. It ranked 24,608th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Folz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Folz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Folz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,015 in 2010, down 15%.

The surname Folz

A surname, carried by 1,015 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Folz is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,015 people named Folz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,200.

#24,608

rank among US surnames

1,015

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-15.4%

change since 2000 (was #20,543)

Who is named Folz

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

96% of people named Folz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Folz

Folz 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 Folz?: 1,015 people in the United States had the surname Folz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. It ranked 24,608th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Folz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Folz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Folz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,015 in 2010, down 15%.