Try this
import os, os.path
# simple version for working with CWD
#print (len([name for name in os.listdir('.') if os.path.isfile(name)]))
# path joining version for other paths
DIR = r"folder"
a=print (len([name for name in os.listdir(DIR) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(DIR, name))]))
print(a)
# Python program to rename all file
# names in your directory
os.chdir('folder2')
print(os.getcwd())
COUNT = a
# Function to increment count
# to make the files sorted.
def increment():
global COUNT
COUNT = COUNT + 1
for f in os.listdir():
f_name, f_ext = os.path.splitext(f)
f_name = "foldername" + str(COUNT)
increment()
new_name="{} {}".format(f_name, f_ext)
os.rename(f, new_name)