# Foulkes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/foulkes/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 883 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,354 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 349,655 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (829 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ffoulkes |

## Etymology

Patronymic form of Foulke.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Foulkes 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Foulkes in The Bahamas, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Foulkes

- Arthur Foulkes, Bahamian politician
- Mirrah Foulkes, Australian actress
- Helena Foulkes, American businessperson
- Charles Foulkes, British-Canadian general (1903–1969)

## Similar surnames

Fowlkes, Fulks, Folks, Foulks, Flakes, Folkes, Faulks, Falkowski, Falgoust.

## 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.