# Foote (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/foote/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,425 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,219 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,797 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (16,093 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Foot |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Foote in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Foote in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Foote

- Eunice Newton Foote, American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
- Horton Foote, American playwright and screenwriter (1916–2009)
- Shelby Foote, American novelist, historian (1916-2005)
- Arthur Foote, American composer (1853–1937)
- Georgia May Foote, British actress
- Henry S. Foote, American politician (1804-1880)
- Samuel Foote, British dramatist
- Hallie Foote, American actress
- Callan Foote, American ice hockey player
- Mary Foote, American painter (1872-1968)
- Courtenay Foote, British actor
- Jeff Foote, American basketball player (born 1987)

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Foti, Fout, Foth, Fite, Faith, Fetty, Fett, Fath, Fate, Fauth, Fata, Fait.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.