How common is the surname Foushee?

1,384 people in the United States had the surname Foushee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,082 Americans. It ranked 19,513th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Foushee?

Valerie Foushee, American politician from North Carolina.

Where is the surname Foushee most common?

Wikidata records people named Foushee in the United States.

Is the surname Foushee getting more or less common?

More common. 1,328 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,384 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Foushee

A surname, carried by 1,384 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foushee is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,384 people named Foushee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,082 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,328.

#19,513

rank among US surnames

1,384

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #18,982)

Who is named Foushee

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

70% of people named Foushee identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Two or more races 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Foushees

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Valerie Foushee
American politician from North Carolina, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Foushee

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

Questions

How common is the surname Foushee?: 1,384 people in the United States had the surname Foushee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,082 Americans. It ranked 19,513th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Foushee?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Foushee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Foushee?: Valerie Foushee, American politician from North Carolina.
Where is the surname Foushee most common?: Wikidata records people named Foushee in the United States.
Is the surname Foushee getting more or less common?: More common. 1,328 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,384 in 2010, up 4.2%.