# Foy (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,952 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,786 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,838 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.0% (13,630 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle French foy (“faith”) and placenames such as Sainte-Foy, variously from sainte foy (“holy faith”) and from the French name of St. Faith.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Foy 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Foy in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Foy

- Claire Foy, British actress (born 1984)
- Mackenzie Foy, American actress
- Randy Foye, American basketball player (born 1983)
- Bryan Foy, American film producer and director
- Eddie Foy, American actor (1856-1928)
- Eddie Foy, Jr., American actor (1905-1983)
- Shirley Bunnie Foy, American jazz musician (1936–2016)
- Eddie Foy III, American actor (1935-2018)

## Similar surnames

Foo, Foye, Fay, Fahey, Fu, Fee, Fey, Fahy, Fye, Few, Faye, Faw.

## 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.