Foss is used as a family name or surname in England, Netherlands. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Foss
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England, Netherlands
Meaning:

Dweller at the sign of the fox; one with the qualities of a fox; dweller near a waterfall; dweller near a ditch or trench.

Variant of Voss. One with foxlike characteristics; dweller at the sign of the fox.

The ditch of a fortified place. Conf. De la Fosse, and Ditch.

Foss is the variant form of the Voss. Vos, a Dutch and Low German form of Fox.

How popular is Foss?

Foss is common in United States, Norway, Canada, Brazil, England, Denmark, Australia, Poland, Germany, Israel, Sweden, South Africa, New Zealand, Argentina.

Foss is ranked 18474 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Foss bearers increased by 2.6 per cent in 2010 US census to 14094 since 2000, the surname slipped by 145 spots and ranked at 2563. The last name was found in around 5 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.91 95.1
Hispanic or Latino 2.13 1.25
Others 1.63 1.08
Black 0.98 1.22
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.72 0.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.62 0.83
Foss is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Norway is ahead in terms of density. Around 29858 people have been found who wears Foss as their family name. Foss is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Foss:
2,420 United States18,786
Countries with thousands of Foss:
119 Norway3,596
3,063 Canada1,644
5,256 Brazil1,558
Countries with hundreds of Foss:
6,905 England972
652 Denmark789
7,905 Australia407
18,218 Poland310
28,930 Germany294
5,651 Israel206
4,036 Sweden188
32,570 South Africa152
6,955 New Zealand109
32,207 Argentina101
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,953 Russia93
218,299 India63
97,902 Nigeria55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
38,500 Netherlands50
200,579 Thailand48
7,657 Scotland45
147,826 France42
8,548 Latvia36
36,296 Kazakhstan36
89,453 Italy30
539 Guernsey29
14,668 Chile29
8,362 Ireland22
175,411 Ukraine19
11,152 Wales19
4,438 Sudan16
24,061 United Arab Emirates14
192,576 Philippines14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
719 Swaziland9
86,878 Spain8
53,861 Mexico6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Cathr. Foss from Hessen aboard the William Tell from Havre on October 30, 1850. She is registered to be 3 years old when she arrived in USA. 25 years old Cathr. Foss, Hermann Foss (6 months old), Farmer Johann Foss, Johann Foss (31) Farmer, Farmer Maria Foss, Rosine-Catharine Foss (14), 40 years old A. Foss, Adolph Foss, aged 28, and 43 other Foss around 38.71% of whom were laborer while others worked as merchant and gentleman migrated to US from Havre, Bremen, Antwerp and Bremen & Southampton.

Foss Namesakes

  • Edward Foss, English lawyer and biographer
  • Chris Foss, British artist and science fiction illustrator
  • Lukas Foss, German-American composer, pianist, and conductor
  • Thea Foss, founder of Foss Maritime
  • Henry Foss, elected official, businessman and civic leader
  • Sam Walter Foss, American librarian and poet whose works included 'The House by the Side of the Road' and 'The Coming American
  • Karen Foss, television anchorwoman on KSDK in St
  • Hugh Foss, British cryptanalyst
  • Ambrose Foss, chemist, druggist and dentist in Sydney
  • Joe Foss, United States Marine Corps major and the leading Marine fighter ace
  • Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and
  • Charles Calveley Foss, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Wenche Foss, leading Norwegian actress of stage
  • Craig Foss, New Zealand investment banker and politician of the National Party
  • Frank H. Foss, United States Representative from Massachusetts
  • Eugene Foss, American politician and businessman
  • Richard Foss, American journalist, science fiction author
  • George Edmund Foss, U.S. Representative from Illinois
  • John W. Foss, retired United States Army four-star general
  • Herbert L. Foss, United States Navy Seaman

Foss Namesakes

  • Edward Foss, English lawyer and biographer
  • Chris Foss, British artist and science fiction illustrator
  • Lukas Foss, German-American composer, pianist, and conductor
  • Thea Foss, founder of Foss Maritime
  • Henry Foss, elected official, businessman and civic leader
  • Sam Walter Foss, American librarian and poet whose works included 'The House by the Side of the Road' and 'The Coming American
  • Karen Foss, television anchorwoman on KSDK in St
  • Hugh Foss, British cryptanalyst
  • Ambrose Foss, chemist, druggist and dentist in Sydney
  • Joe Foss, United States Marine Corps major and the leading Marine fighter ace
  • Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and
  • Charles Calveley Foss, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Wenche Foss, leading Norwegian actress of stage
  • Craig Foss, New Zealand investment banker and politician of the National Party
  • Frank H. Foss, United States Representative from Massachusetts
  • Eugene Foss, American politician and businessman
  • Richard Foss, American journalist, science fiction author
  • George Edmund Foss, U.S. Representative from Illinois
  • John W. Foss, retired United States Army four-star general
  • Herbert L. Foss, United States Navy Seaman

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