Fos is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fos
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Fos

How popular is Fos?

Fos is ranked 131709 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Foses plummeted by 5.333333 per cent to 213 since 2000 and slipped by 8497 spots and ranked at 87335. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.22 85.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 8.45 3.56
Hispanic or Latino 4.23 0
Black 3.76 4.89
Fos is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Spain which may be its originating country too. Around 2976 people have been found who wears Fos as their family name. Fos is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
607,991 Indonesia5
214,847 Australia4
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
40,064 Nigeria2
91,784 Netherlands2
40,256 Mexico2
5,859 Mauritius2
11,510 Oman1
7,314 Bolivia1
15,705 Cameroon1
49,101 Denmark1
42,479 Greece1
49,529 Israel1
14,373 Jordan1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
81,201 Switzerland1
38,841 Scotland1
36,814 Romania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
52,530 Belgium22
126,462 England22
23,990 Serbia11
189,966 Canada11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Fos:
5,395 Spain796
21,418 Philippines644
35,533 France282
19,920 Argentina269
86,741 United States269
24,304 South Africa237
133,319 India137
71,225 Germany134
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Comments

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Gertrud Dasher
 fos is a locality name of high-origin Garonne, Herault, bouches-du-Rhone from the Latin fossa pit.

Fos Namesakes

  • Aage Foss, Film actor
  • Abiel Foster, Former U.S. Representative
  • Henry A. Foster, Former United States Senator
  • Radney Foster, Singer-songwriter
  • Virginia Foster Durr, Activist
  • Addison G. Foster, Former United States Senator
  • Gina Adelle Foster, Charles Harrelson's wife
  • Adrian Foster, Ice hockey centre
  • Adrian Foster, Soccer player
  • Adriana Fossa, Film actress

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