# Fossey (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 282 |
| US rank (2010) | 69,579 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,094,842 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.7% (299 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname, typical of Bedfordshire, from Old English fōt (“foot”) + īeġ (“island”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fossey 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) | 98% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fossey in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Fossey

- Dian Fossey, American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932–1985)
- Marlon Fossey, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Foss, Fouse, Foose, Foshee, Foskey, Fox, Fish, Fuchs, Fisk, Fusco, Fuqua, Fazio.

## 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.