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    The surname Foxhoven

    A German place surname, carried by 363 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F215

    Foxhoven: #56,310 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Foxhoven #56,310, 363 people Foxhoven: #56,310 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Foxhoven #56,310, 363 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foxhoven is more common than 65.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanization of habitational surname referring to Fuchshofen, Germany, or compound of Fuchs ("fox") and Hof ("yard").

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 363 people named Foxhoven in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 850,539 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 354.

    #56,310
    rank among US surnames
    363
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #54,522)

    Who is named Foxhoven

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

    97% of people named Foxhoven identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Foxhoven come from?
    Americanization of habitational surname referring to Fuchshofen, Germany, or compound of Fuchs ("fox") and Hof ("yard").
    How common is the surname Foxhoven?
    363 people in the United States had the surname Foxhoven in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 850,539 Americans. It ranked 56,310th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Foxhoven?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Foxhoven identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Foxhoven?
    Foxhoven is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Foxhoven getting more or less common?
    More common. 354 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 363 in 2010, up 2.5%.