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    The surname Foote

    A surname, carried by 16,425 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foote is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,425 people named Foote in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,797 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,093.

    #2,219
    rank among US surnames
    16,425
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,063)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,210Tamayo16,47418,741
    #2,211Perdue16,46418,753
    #2,212Easley16,45918,758
    #2,213O'Rourke16,45718,761
    #2,215Rincon16,45518,763
    #2,216Abernathy16,45018,769
    #2,217Altman16,44818,771

    Who is named Foote

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    81% of people named Foote identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Footes

    14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1991
    • Henry S. Foote
      American politician (1804-1880)
    • Samuel Foote
      British dramatist, 1720–1777
    • Hallie Foote
      American actress, born 1950
    • Callan Foote
      American ice hockey player, born 1998
    • Mary Foote
      American painter (1872-1968)
    • Courtenay Foote
      British actor, 1878–1925
    • Jeff Foote
      American basketball player (born 1987)

    Notable Footes come mostly from the United States (11), the United Kingdom (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Foot

    Surnames that sound like Foote

    Foote has the Soundex code F300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Foote?
    16,425 people in the United States had the surname Foote in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,797 Americans. It ranked 2,219th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Foote?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Foote identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Foote?
    Eunice Newton Foote, American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888), followed by Horton Foote.
    Where is the surname Foote most common?
    Wikidata records people named Foote in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Great Britain and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Foote getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,425 in 2010, up 2.1%.
    What are other spellings of Foote?
    Foot.