Folder
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country
Folder is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ghana than in any other country.
- GHGhana≈1 in 119K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 559K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 671K
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ghana (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 58 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 119K (inferred from the name graph)
≈250 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Ghana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)leaflet
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Frequency Dictionary of Dutch
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
How Folder is read
(measured from records)Folder 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.
- English76%
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Dutch11%
leaflet
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Dutch
leaflet with information or advertising
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Swedish11%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Folder in Swedish.
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)Folder 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH Ghana | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 119K | — | Folder | 1 |
| US United States | ≈63 est. | ≈1 in 5.3M | listed | Folder | 58 |
| AU Australia | ≈46 est. | ≈1 in 559K | — | Folder | 30 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 3.5M | — | Folder | 18 |
| SG Singapore | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 671K | — | Folder | 1 |
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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. 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).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Folder is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, folder (a virtual container in a computer's file system)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, leaflet (small piece of paper with information)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, folder (organizer that papers are kept in)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence
(measured from records)1 register or reference work attests this spelling, across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Folder come from?
- leaflet Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of Dutch.
- What does the name Folder mean?
- In English, An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
- In which country does Folder have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 247 people named Folder in Ghana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled folder.
- How common is the name Folder?
- Mondonomo estimates about 250 people in Ghana have Folder as their first surname, about 1 in 119 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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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, “Folder”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.