Folgar
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: obsolete spelling of holgar
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/folɡaɾ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Folgar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Guatemala than in any other country.
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 7.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina1 in 172K
- USUnited States1 in 978K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Guatemala (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 105 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Guatemala, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
obsolete spelling of holgar
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
How Folgar is read(measured from records)
Folgar is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish68%
obsolete spelling of holgar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English25%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Folgar in English.
- Catalan5.5%
to have time off
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Folgar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT Guatemala | #390 | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 7.8K | — | Folgar | 32 |
| ES Spain | — | 647 | 1 in 77K | 647 | Folgar | 54 |
| US United States | — | 340 | 1 in 978K | 470 | Folgar | 105 |
| AR Argentina | — | 264 | 1 in 172K | 264 | Folgar | 40 |
| HN Honduras | #792 | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Folgar | 14 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 170 | 1 in 20K | 170 | Folgar | 18 |
| SV El Salvador | — | ≈80 est. | ≈1 in 81K | — | Folgar | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Casto Sampedro Folgarb. 1848ESSpanish historian, lawyer, heraldist
- Tino Folgarb. 1892ESSpanish opera singer (1892–1982)
- Jesús Folgar Calvob. 1903ESSpanish journalist
- Carmen Folgar de la Calleauthor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 647 | #6,489 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 647 | #6,479 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 470 | #48,549 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 340 | #59,470 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 276 | #66,878 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 264 | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 170 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Folgar mean, and where does it come from?
- obsolete spelling of holgar Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Folgar?
- A machine transcription gives /folɡaɾ/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Folgar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Folgar in Guatemala, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled folgar.
- How common is the name Folgar?
- In Spain, the national register counted 647 people named Folgar, about 1 in 77 thousand residents.
- How common is Folgar compared with other names?
- In Guatemala, Folgar is the 390th most common surname of 54,341 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/folgarThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Folgar” — the 390th most common surname in Guatemala. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.