Folkertsma

surname · Latin script

/foʊkɝtsmə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Folkertsma is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States
  • NLNetherlands
  • DEGermany

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

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)

18001850190019502000Geert Folkertsma, b. 1847Paulus Folkertsma, b. 1901Hunter Folkertsma, b. 1995Sisca Folkertsma, b. 1997

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)

FormalDear Folkertsma,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Folkertsma
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007701#2,596
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000100#150,436
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20085#104,030
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—1#21,779
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

How do you pronounce Folkertsma?
A machine transcription gives /foʊkɝtsmə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Folkertsma have the most bearers?
Folkertsma is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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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, “Folkertsma”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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