Find out how popular the last name Fogleman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Fogleman.

Fogleman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Fogleman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Fogleman in America

Fogleman is the 11870th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Fogleman surname appeared 2,638 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Fogleman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Fogleman to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Fogleman

The surname Fogleman is of English origin, derived from the medieval occupation of a "fogger" or "fogelman". This was a term used to describe a person who had the duty of driving away, or "fogging", the wandering livestock from the fields after the harvest was collected.

The name first appeared in historical records in the 13th century, with early spellings including Foggeman, Fogman, and Foggman. One of the earliest known references is in the Assize Rolls of Yorkshire from 1297, which mentions a John le Foghmare.

The surname Fogleman can be traced back to various regions of England, particularly the counties of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Norfolk, where the occupation of a fogger was common in medieval times.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, there are several entries that may be related to the name, such as the village of Foggathorp in Lincolnshire and the manor of Foggathorpe in Yorkshire.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Fogleman was John Fogman, who was born in Lincolnshire around 1450. Another notable figure was William Fogleman, a merchant from Norfolk who lived in the late 16th century.

In the 17th century, the name appeared in various parish records across England, including the baptism of John Fogleman in Nottinghamshire in 1624 and the marriage of Thomas Fogleman and Elizabeth Browne in Yorkshire in 1689.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Fogleman surname spread to other parts of the English-speaking world through immigration. For example, John Fogleman, born in Gloucestershire in 1765, was among the early settlers in Virginia, United States, in the late 1700s.

Another notable figure was Samuel Fogleman, a British soldier who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was awarded the Military General Service Medal for his service in the Peninsular Campaign between 1808 and 1814.

The Fogleman name has been carried by numerous individuals throughout history, with variations in spelling reflecting regional dialects and recordkeeping practices. While the name is not among the most common surnames, it has a rich heritage rooted in the agricultural traditions of medieval England.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Fogleman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Fogleman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Fogleman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Fogleman has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Fogleman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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