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The Foulkes surname is prominently from England. In Great Britain : 6 512 people share the name Foulkes according to our estimation
most common name in Great Britain. It is the 14th most common name in Blaenau Gwent. The meaning of the name Foulkes is English: from a Norman personal name, a short form of various Germanic names formed with folk ‘people’. Different spellings include Fakes, Faulks, Faulkes, Fawkes, Fawks, Fawlks, Fawlkes, Foulks, Foulkes, Fowkes and others. This famous surname is arguably Norman-French, and was introduced into the British Isles around the time of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It derives however from the pre 6th century Germanic given name of Falco meaning falcon, through the later Faulques. This name in medieval times was probably a nickname surname for a person thought to resemble a falcon, perhaps being fierce or rapacious, or in some cases, the complete opposite. The surname is early 13th century as shown below and examples of recordings from thsi period taken at random include John Fakes in the Subsidy Tax rolls of the county of Essex in 1327, and Robert Faukes in the Subsidy Tax rolls of Sussex in the same year. Find out where your name originates and how it came to be. Every surname has a story of it's own. If you want to be included in our family tree database, or include a family tree of your own, go to our "About Us" link and send us an email.
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