# Foskett (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/foskett/  
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 | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 573 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,582 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 538,823 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (500 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from any of various places called Foscott, Foscote, Foxcote or Foxcott.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Foskett 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Foskett in the United States.

## People named Foskett

- Jeffrey Foskett, American musician (1956–2023)

## Similar surnames

Foust, Fassett, Fossett, Fausett, Faust, Fugate, Fawcett, Fast, Feist, Faught, Festa, Faucett.

## 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.