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    The surname Fotheringham

    An English place surname, carried by 693 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex F365

    Fotheringham: #33,036 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fotheringham #33,036, 693 people Fotheringham: #33,036 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fotheringham #33,036, 693 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fotheringham is more common than 79.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a minor place in Scotland, near Forfar, from Old English fōdring (“grazing”) + hām (“homestead”).

    Fotheringham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 693 people named Fotheringham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 445,520 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 650.

    #33,036
    rank among US surnames
    693
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #33,169)

    Who is named Fotheringham

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

    96% of people named Fotheringham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fotheringham come from?
    Habitational surname from a minor place in Scotland, near Forfar, from Old English fōdring (“grazing”) + hām (“homestead”).
    How common is the surname Fotheringham?
    693 people in the United States had the surname Fotheringham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 445,520 Americans. It ranked 33,036th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fotheringham?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fotheringham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Fotheringham?
    Fotheringham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Fotheringham getting more or less common?
    More common. 650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 693 in 2010, up 6.6%.