The FOLSE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	2,040	13641	0.001	8
United States (1880 census)	319	13647	0.001	6
Change since 1880	+1721	+6	0	+2
Other Countries
Australia	0			0
United Kingdom	2	34565	0	0

Top States for FOLSE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Louisiana	1,444	409	0.032	323
Texas	200	8749	0.001	10
California	55	37811	0.000	2
Florida	53	28742	0.000	3
Alabama	35	9188	0.001	8
Top States for FOLSE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Louisiana	1,444	409	0.032	323
Rhode Island	15	9640	0.001	14
Mississippi	28	7360	0.001	10
Texas	200	8749	0.001	10
Alabama	35	9188	0.001	8

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called FOLSE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called FOLSE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called FOLSE in Louisiana than any other state, but you are more likely to find a FOLSE by picking someone at random in Louisiana than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of FOLSE

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: France

Language of origin: French

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the FOLSE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of FOLSE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	163	7.99
White (Hispanic)	28	1.37
Mixed Race	26	1.27
White (Caucasian)	1,812	88.82
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the FOLSE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to FOLSE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as FOLSE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.