Folks Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Folks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Folks family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 21
Labourer 5
Independent 5
Female Servant 3
Male Servant 3
Tailor 3
Stockingmaker 3
Farmer 2
Pupil 2
Stock M 2
Brick Layer 1
Royal Mariner 1
Excavator 1
Frame Smith 1
Ag Lab 1
Clock Maker 1
Coachman 1
Dairy Keeper 1
Ms 1
P-married Woman 1
Porter 1
Servant 1
Silk Trimmer 1
Tanner 1
Tobacco Dea 1

Folks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Foulkes 71% 16,342
2 Foulks 83% 3,075
3 Folkes 83% 2,987
4 Faulks 67% 2,666
5 Faulkes 57% 2,296
6 Fookes 67% 1,583
7 Folks 100% 1,015
8 Flooks 67% 794
9 Flukes 43% 317
10 Falkus 67% 276
11 Fulks 80% 254
12 Fulkes 67% 176
13 Felks 80% 131

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The surname Folks is the 7th most popular variant of Foulkes.

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