How common is the surname Foulkes?

883 people in the United States had the surname Foulkes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 349,655 Americans. It ranked 27,354th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Foulkes?

Arthur Foulkes, Bahamian politician, followed by Mirrah Foulkes.

Where is the surname Foulkes most common?

Wikidata records people named Foulkes in The Bahamas, Australia and the United States and 1 other country.

Is the surname Foulkes getting more or less common?

More common. 829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 883 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Foulkes

A patronymic surname, carried by 883 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F422

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foulkes is more common than 83.1% of them.

Origin

Patronymic form of Foulke.

Foulkes is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 883 people named Foulkes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 349,655 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 829.

#27,354

rank among US surnames

883

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #27,386)

Who is named Foulkes

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

73% of people named Foulkes identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Foulkess

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arthur Foulkes
Bahamian politician, born 1928
Mirrah Foulkes
Australian actress, born 1981
Helena Foulkes
American businessperson, born 1964
Charles Foulkes
British-Canadian general (1903–1969)

Notable Foulkess come mostly from The Bahamas (1), Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Ffoulkes

Surnames that sound like Foulkes

Foulkes has the Soundex code F422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F422.

Questions

Where does the surname Foulkes come from?: Patronymic form of Foulke.
How common is the surname Foulkes?: 883 people in the United States had the surname Foulkes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 349,655 Americans. It ranked 27,354th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Foulkes?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Foulkes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Foulkes?: Arthur Foulkes, Bahamian politician, followed by Mirrah Foulkes.
Where is the surname Foulkes most common?: Wikidata records people named Foulkes in The Bahamas, Australia and the United States and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Foulkes?: Foulkes is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Foulkes getting more or less common?: More common. 829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 883 in 2010, up 6.5%.
What are other spellings of Foulkes?: Ffoulkes.