# Fox (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the common noun derived from the name of the animal.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 152,334 |
| US rank (2010) | 180 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,027 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (147,357 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* (surname): From fox (“a vulpine animal”)

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fox 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fox in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Fox

- Megan Fox, American actress and model (born 1986)
- Vicente Fox, 62th president of Mexico
- Matthew Fox, American actor (born 1966)
- Emilia Fox, British actress and presenter (born 1974)
- Vivica A. Fox, American actress
- Toby Fox, American video game designer and composer (born 1991)
- Jorja Fox, American actress
- Jessica Fox, Australian canoest/kayaker
- De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player (born 1997)
- Paula Fox, American book author (1923–2017)
- Emily Fox, American soccer player
- Laurence Fox, British actor and activist (born 1978)

and 59 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Foxx, Foxe, Fok, Fish, Foss, Fuchs, Fisk, Fusco, Fuqua, Fazio, Fike, Fogg.

## 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.