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    The surname Foskey

    A surname, carried by 1,925 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F200

    Foskey: #15,262 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Foskey #15,262, 1,925 people Foskey: #15,262 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Foskey #15,262, 1,925 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foskey is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    Unexplained.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,925 people named Foskey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,387 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,939.

    #15,262
    rank among US surnames
    1,925
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #14,201)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,255Bohman1,927160,221
    #15,259Fritch1,926160,304
    #15,262Larocco1,925160,387
    #15,268Tassone1,924160,471

    Who is named Foskey

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

    76% of people named Foskey identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Foskey

    Foskey has the Soundex code F200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Foskey come from?
    Unexplained.
    How common is the surname Foskey?
    1,925 people in the United States had the surname Foskey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,387 Americans. It ranked 15,262nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Foskey?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Foskey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Foskey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,939 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,925 in 2010, down 0.7%.