Folan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Folan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Folan

How popular is Folan?

Folan is common in United States.

Folan is ranked 116529 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Folans plummeted by 5.775076 per cent to 930 since 2000 and slipped by 2377 spots and ranked at 26261. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.05 95.74
Hispanic or Latino 1.83 1.22
Others 1.61 1.11
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.65 1.01
Folan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 3464 people have been found who wears Folan as their family name. Folan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
33,253 New Zealand9
823,980 India6
607,991 Indonesia5
9,097 Wales3
34,572 Israel2
118,441 Germany2
219,873 France2
53,033 Nigeria1
897,276 Russia1
107,212 South Africa1
34,581 Chile1
151,601 Spain1
25,721 Egypt1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
29,595 Iran1
17,768 Pakistan1
38,830 Morocco1
40,340 Malaysia1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,848 Scotland92
92,589 Brazil79
47,259 Canada66
Countries with hundreds of Folan:
795 Ireland868
8,605 England769
20,033 Australia126
Countries with thousands of Folan:
22,283 United States1,413
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patt Folan was 30 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on February 10, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Arrick from Galway. Sally Folan, aged 28, Spinster Thomas Folan, Spinster Catherine Folan, Barbara Folan, aged 25, 10 months old Catherine Folan, 40 years old Patt Folan, Barbara Folan, aged 51, Workman Michael Folan, and 31 other Folan around 60.87% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster migrated to US.

Folan Namesakes

  • Caleb Folan, Soccer player
  • Lilias Folan, Author
  • Caleb Folan, Soccer player

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