How common is the surname Foulke?

1,156 people in the United States had the surname Foulke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,081 Americans. It ranked 22,301st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Foulke?

William Parker Foulke, American paleontologist (1816–1865).

Where is the surname Foulke most common?

Wikidata records people named Foulke in the United States.

Is the surname Foulke getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,156 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Foulke

A surname, carried by 1,156 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). Foulke is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,156 people named Foulke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,081 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,164.

#22,301

rank among US surnames

1,156

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #21,039)

Who is named Foulke

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

90% of people named Foulke identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Foulkes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Parker Foulke
American paleontologist (1816–1865)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Foulke

Foulke 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 Foulke?: 1,156 people in the United States had the surname Foulke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,081 Americans. It ranked 22,301st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Foulke?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Foulke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Foulke?: William Parker Foulke, American paleontologist (1816–1865).
Where is the surname Foulke most common?: Wikidata records people named Foulke in the United States.
Is the surname Foulke getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,156 in 2010, down 0.7%.