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    The surname Foulks

    A Norman surname, carried by 1,701 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F420

    Foulks: #16,789 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Foulks #16,789, 1,701 people Foulks: #16,789 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Foulks #16,789, 1,701 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foulks is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    From a Norman personal name. Compare Italian Folco.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,701 people named Foulks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,660.

    #16,789
    rank among US surnames
    1,701
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #16,042)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,781Dechant1,702181,402
    #16,789Piggott1,701181,508
    #16,798Kuss1,700181,615

    Who is named Foulks

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

    59% of people named Foulks identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Foulks

    Foulks has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Foulks come from?
    From a Norman personal name. Compare Italian Folco.
    How common is the surname Foulks?
    1,701 people in the United States had the surname Foulks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. It ranked 16,789th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Foulks?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Foulks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Foulks getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,701 in 2010, up 2.5%.
    What are other spellings of Foulks?
    Fulks.