Definition of folkes:
(n) :
(US) People in general; everybody or anybody.
(n) :
The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
(n) :
(US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police.
(n) :
(California) Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.
(n) :
(Southern California, early 20th century) Transplants to Southern California from the Midwestern United States, especially Iowa.
(n) :
A surname.