How common is the surname Foulk?

2,337 people in the United States had the surname Foulk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,112 Americans. It ranked 13,115th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Foulk?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Foulk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Foulk getting more or less common?

More common. 2,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,337 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Foulk

A surname, carried by 2,337 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). Foulk is more common than 91.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,337 people named Foulk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,112 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,292.

#13,115

rank among US surnames

2,337

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #12,418)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,107	Glowacki	2,339	131,999
#13,109	Pabst	2,338	132,055
#13,115	Leming	2,337	132,112
#13,121	Hinnant	2,336	132,168
#13,124	Mowrey	2,335	132,225

Who is named Foulk

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

93% of people named Foulk identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Foulk

Foulk 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 Foulk?: 2,337 people in the United States had the surname Foulk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,112 Americans. It ranked 13,115th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Foulk?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Foulk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Foulk getting more or less common?: More common. 2,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,337 in 2010, up 2.0%.