Last Name FOLSOM

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: An American variant of Foulsham. Local: Of Foulsham, a parish in county Norfolk.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	4,374 (2000 US census)	3,053 (1990 US census)

Count	7,505 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.99%, or 6604 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
4.06%, or 305 total occurrences, as black,
0.56%, or 42 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
3.34%, or 251 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.08%, or 156 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.96%, or 147 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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