Folkes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Folkes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Folkes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 85
Chain Maker 10
Agricultural Labourer 9
Labourer 8
Basket Maker 5
Charwoman 4
Laundress 4
Domestic Servant 3
General Servant 3
Labourer Bricklayer 3
Dress Maker 2
Fitter 2
Milkman 2
Servant 2
Tailor 2
Coal Miner 2
General Servant Domestic 2
Brick Layer 2
Silk Weaver 2
Apprentice To Draper 1
General Clerk Store Works 1
Joiner 1
Solicitor General Clerk 1
Brick Layers Labourer 1
Coal Carter 1

Folkes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Foulkes 86% 16,342
2 Foulks 67% 3,075
3 Folkes 100% 2,987
4 Faulks 50% 2,666
5 Faulkes 71% 2,296
6 Fookes 83% 1,583
7 Folks 83% 1,015
8 Flooks 50% 794
9 Flukes 57% 317
10 Falkus 67% 276
11 Fulks 67% 254
12 Fulkes 83% 176
13 Felks 67% 131

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The surname Folkes is the 3rd most popular variant of Foulkes.

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