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

Foshee, 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 Foshee surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Foshee in America

Foshee is the 10468th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Foshee surname appeared 3,070 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 Foshee.

We can also compare 2010 data for Foshee 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 Foshee

The surname Foshee is believed to have originated in England, likely in the early Middle Ages. It is thought to be a locational name, derived from a place called Fossey or Fosse, possibly referring to someone who lived near a ditch or hollow.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as "de Fosse" or "de Fossa". This suggests the name was already established by the time of the Norman Conquest.

In the 13th century, variations like "Fossey" and "Fossye" start appearing in historical records from counties like Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. These likely referred to people from the village of Fosse Way in Warwickshire.

A notable early bearer of the name was John de Fosse, a 14th-century English landowner and knight who served under Edward III during the Hundred Years' War. He was born around 1310 and died in the late 1300s.

Another early example is William Fossey, a 15th-century English clergyman who served as the Dean of Lincoln Cathedral from 1444 to 1463. He was born in the early 1400s and died in 1463.

In the 16th century, the spellings "Foshee" and "Foshey" start appearing, likely as variations of the original Fossey name. One example is Richard Foshey, a merchant and alderman in the city of London, who lived from around 1510 to 1585.

John Foshee, an English politician and Member of Parliament for Taunton in the late 16th century, was born in 1545 and died in 1608.

Another notable bearer of the name was Sir Thomas Foshee, a 17th-century English nobleman and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1638. He was born in 1590 and died in 1661.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Foshee

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

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 Foshee 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 Foshee 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 Foshee was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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