How common is the surname Fowlkes?

4,686 people in the United States had the surname Fowlkes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,887 Americans. It ranked 7,135th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fowlkes?

Tremaine Fowlkes, American basketball player (born 1976).

Where is the surname Fowlkes most common?

Wikidata records people named Fowlkes in the United States.

Is the surname Fowlkes getting more or less common?

More common. 4,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,686 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Fowlkes

A surname, carried by 4,686 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). Fowlkes is more common than 95.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,686 people named Fowlkes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,887 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,343.

#7,135

rank among US surnames

4,686

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,098)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,130	Hunnicutt	4,690	65,831
#7,132	Schulman	4,689	65,845
#7,133	Brunelle	4,688	65,859
#7,135	Killingsworth	4,686	65,887

Who is named Fowlkes

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

53% of people named Fowlkes identified as Black (not Hispanic), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 53%
White (not Hispanic) 42%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Fowlkess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tremaine Fowlkes
American basketball player (born 1976)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fowlkes

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

Questions

How common is the surname Fowlkes?: 4,686 people in the United States had the surname Fowlkes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,887 Americans. It ranked 7,135th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fowlkes?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Fowlkes identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fowlkes?: Tremaine Fowlkes, American basketball player (born 1976).
Where is the surname Fowlkes most common?: Wikidata records people named Fowlkes in the United States.
Is the surname Fowlkes getting more or less common?: More common. 4,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,686 in 2010, up 7.9%.