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Early Origins of the Folch family

The surname Folch was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where this illustrious family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Folch family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Folch research. Another 259 words (18 lines of text) covering the years 1040, 1264, 1636, 1653, 1667, 1708 and 1716 are included under the topic Early Folch History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Folch Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Foch, Folch, Fouch, Fouche, Foche, Foulch, Les Foches, Fauch, Foshes, Faush, Faushe, Faulch, Foulsh and many more.

Early Notables of the Folch family

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United States Folch migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Folch Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Jose Folch, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1880 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Folch (post 1700) +

  • Sancho Folch de Cardona, 1st Marquess of Guadalest, heir son of Alfonso Folch de Cardona y Fajardo
  • Ramón Folch Frigola (b. 1989), Catalan footballer
  • Ramon Folch i Guillèn (b. 1946), Catalan socio-ecologist
  • Maikel Folch (b. 1980), Cuban left-handed pitcher for the national baseball team
  • Juan Ramón Folch de Cardona y Ximenez de Arenós (1418-1485), 4th Count of Cardona, Viceroy of Sicily
  • José Solís Folch de Cardona (1716-1770), Spanish colonial administrator and Viceroy of New Granada
  • Jordi Folch Pi, Spanish Catalan biochemist at Harvard University (McLean Hospital)
  • Anna Sophia Folch (b. 1985), Brazilian actress
  • Albert Folch Folch (b. 1966), Spanish scientist, writer, and artist
  • Albert Folch Folch (b. 1966), Spanish scientist, writer, and artist


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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