Folk

See also: folk and fólk

English

Alternative forms

• Vokes

Etymology

• As a German surname, variant of Volk (“people, tribe”).
• As an English surname, variant of Foulk, related to the noun folk, thus cognate with the above.

Proper noun

Folk (plural Folks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Folk is the 5778^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5996 individuals. Folk is most common among White (82.71%) and Black/African American (12.32%) individuals.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfolk]

Proper noun

Folk m anim (female equivalent Folková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Folk (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Folk	Folkové
genitive	Folka	Folků
dative	Folkovi	Folkům
accusative	Folka	Folky
vocative	Folku	Folkové
locative	Folkovi	Folcích
instrumental	Folkem	Folky

Further reading

• “Folk”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)