How common is the surname Fox?

152,334 people in the United States had the surname Fox in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,027 Americans. It ranked 180th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fox?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Fox identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Fox?

Megan Fox, American actress and model (born 1986), followed by Vicente Fox.

Where is the surname Fox most common?

Wikidata records people named Fox in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Fox getting more or less common?

More common. 147,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 152,334 in 2010, up 3.4%.

Is Fox also a first name?

Yes. Fox is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Fox

A surname, carried by 152,334 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fox is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 152,334 people named Fox in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,027 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 147,357.

#180

rank among US surnames

152,334

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #167)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#171	Holmes	156,780	1,969
#172	Palmer	156,601	1,972
#173	Wagner	155,795	1,982
#174	Black	154,738	1,995
#175	Robertson	153,666	2,009
#176	Boyd	153,469	2,012
#177	Rose	153,397	2,013

Who is named Fox

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

88% of people named Fox identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Foxs

71 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Megan Fox
American actress and model (born 1986)
Vicente Fox
62th president of Mexico, born 1942
Matthew Fox
American actor (born 1966)
Emilia Fox
British actress and presenter (born 1974)
Vivica A. Fox
American actress, born 1964
Toby Fox
American video game designer and composer (born 1991)
Jorja Fox
American actress, born 1968
Jessica Fox
Australian canoest/kayaker, born 1994
De'Aaron Fox
American basketball player (born 1997)
Paula Fox
American book author (1923–2017)
Emily Fox
American soccer player, born 1998
Laurence Fox
British actor and activist (born 1978)

Notable Foxs come mostly from the United States (56), the United Kingdom (8) and Australia (4).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Fox

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

Questions

Where does the surname Fox come from?: * (surname): From fox (“a vulpine animal”)
How common is the surname Fox?: 152,334 people in the United States had the surname Fox in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,027 Americans. It ranked 180th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fox?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Fox identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fox?: Megan Fox, American actress and model (born 1986), followed by Vicente Fox.
Where is the surname Fox most common?: Wikidata records people named Fox in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Fox getting more or less common?: More common. 147,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 152,334 in 2010, up 3.4%.
Is Fox also a first name?: Yes. Fox is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.