How common is the surname Foxworthy?

1,029 people in the United States had the surname Foxworthy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. It ranked 24,352nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Foxworthy?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Foxworthy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Foxworthy?

Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, host, and writer.

Where is the surname Foxworthy most common?

Wikidata records people named Foxworthy in the United States.

Is the surname Foxworthy getting more or less common?

More common. 1,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,029 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Foxworthy

An English place surname, carried by 1,029 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foxworthy is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

English origin

A habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Lustleigh, Devon, from the Old English personal name *Færoc + -s- + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,029 people named Foxworthy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,006.

#24,352

rank among US surnames

1,029

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,530)

Who is named Foxworthy

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

92% of people named Foxworthy identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Foxworthys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Foxworthy
American comedian, actor, host, and writer, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Foxworthy

Foxworth

Foxworthy has the Soundex code F263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F263.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Foxworthy come from?: A habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Lustleigh, Devon, from the Old English personal name *Færoc + -s- + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).
How common is the surname Foxworthy?: 1,029 people in the United States had the surname Foxworthy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. It ranked 24,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Foxworthy?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Foxworthy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Foxworthy?: Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, host, and writer.
Where is the surname Foxworthy most common?: Wikidata records people named Foxworthy in the United States.
What type of surname is Foxworthy?: Foxworthy is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Foxworthy getting more or less common?: More common. 1,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,029 in 2010, up 2.3%.