How common is the surname Fuchs?

12,958 people in the United States had the surname Fuchs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,827 Americans. It ranked 2,784th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fuchs?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fuchs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fuchs?

Argel Fuchs, Brazilian association football player, followed by Christian Fuchs.

Where is the surname Fuchs most common?

Wikidata records people named Fuchs in the United States, Austria and Brazil and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Fuchs?

Fuchs is /fjuːks/, one syllable.

Is the surname Fuchs getting more or less common?

More common. 12,707 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,958 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Fuchs

A German surname, carried by 12,958 people in the United States.

Pronounced /fjuːks/ 1 syllable Soundex F200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fuchs is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German Fuchs. Doublet of Fox and Vos.

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 12,958 people named Fuchs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,827 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,707.

#2,784

rank among US surnames

12,958

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #2,612)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,775	Woo	13,003	23,744
#2,776	Steen	12,989	23,770
#2,777	Leggett	12,977	23,792
#2,778	Girard	12,975	23,795
#2,779	Su	12,973	23,799
#2,780	Gann	12,972	23,801
#2,781	Lytle	12,970	23,805

Who is named Fuchs

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

95% of people named Fuchs identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fuchss

21 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Argel Fuchs
Brazilian association football player, born 1974
Christian Fuchs
Austrian association football player and manager (born 1986)
Ernst Fuchs
Austrian artist (1930-2015)
Robert Fuchs
Austrian composer and music teacher (1847–1927)
Jason Fuchs
American actor (born 1986)
Bruno Fuchs
Brazilian footballer, born 1999
Jim Fuchs
American discus thrower and shot putter (1927–2010)
Elaine Fuchs
American biologist, born 1950
Ernst Fuchs
Austrian ophthalmologist (1851–1930)
Johann Nepomuk Fuchs
Austrian composer and conductor (1842-1899)
Franz Fuchs
Austrian serial killer (1949–2000)
Lillian Fuchs
American musician (1901–1995)

Notable Fuchss come mostly from the United States (8), Austria (7) and Brazil (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fuchs

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fuchs come from?: From German Fuchs. Doublet of Fox and Vos.
How common is the surname Fuchs?: 12,958 people in the United States had the surname Fuchs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,827 Americans. It ranked 2,784th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fuchs?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fuchs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fuchs?: Argel Fuchs, Brazilian association football player, followed by Christian Fuchs.
Where is the surname Fuchs most common?: Wikidata records people named Fuchs in the United States, Austria and Brazil and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Fuchs?: Fuchs is /fjuːks/, one syllable.
Is the surname Fuchs getting more or less common?: More common. 12,707 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,958 in 2010, up 2.0%.