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    The surname Foust

    A surname, carried by 12,366 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F230

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foust is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,366 people named Foust in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,967 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,145.

    #2,900
    rank among US surnames
    12,366
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,726)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,891Bollinger12,42524,849
    #2,892Armendariz12,42324,853
    #2,893Denson12,41924,861
    #2,894Mixon12,39424,911
    #2,895Geary12,38224,935
    #2,896Montiel12,37624,947
    #2,897Santamaria12,37524,949

    Who is named Foust

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

    87% of people named Foust identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fousts

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Larry Foust
      American basketball player (1928–1984)
    • Tanner Foust
      American racecar driver, stunt driver and television host, born 1973

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Foust

    Foust has the Soundex code F230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Foust?
    12,366 people in the United States had the surname Foust in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,967 Americans. It ranked 2,900th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Foust?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Foust identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Foust?
    Larry Foust, American basketball player (1928–1984), followed by Tanner Foust.
    Where is the surname Foust most common?
    Wikidata records people named Foust in the United States.
    Is the surname Foust getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,366 in 2010, up 1.8%.