Foisy is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Foisy
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn in the Paris region and in the Orne, seems a variant of Foisil (76), equivalent to the word "gun", which designated a medieval flint, a lighter, a wand to sharpen knives.

How popular is Foisy?

Foisy is common in United States.

Foisy is ranked 106085 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Foisies grew by 15.42228 per cent to 943 since 2000 and ranked 26008 after elevating 1713 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.44 95.84
Hispanic or Latino 2.12 1.71
Others 1.17 1.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0
Foisy is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Canada which may be its originating country too. Around 3892 people have been found who wears Foisy as their family name. Few people around the world have Foisy as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
50,640 Switzerland2
82,478 South Africa2
492,292 Ukraine1
7,292 Vietnam1
66,560 Philippines1
151,601 Spain1
Countries with hundreds of Foisy:
50,564 France196
Countries with thousands of Foisy:
2,094 Canada2,416
24,308 United States1,272

Comments

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Francesca Guerrette
 foisy is a surname oreleanais regional variation of the old French rifle, with a sense of stone gun, lighter, nickname manufacturer.

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