Fosse is used as a family name or surname in France, England, Netherlands. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fosse
No. of characters: 5
Origin: France, England, Netherlands
Meaning:

Family name Fosse is the variant of Voss. Vos, a Dutch and Low German form of Fox.

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

The surname Fosse is the variant of Foss. The ditch of a fortified place. Conf. De la Fosse, and Ditch.

Fosse is a variant of Voss. One with foxlike characteristics; dweller at the sign of the fox.

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

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

How popular is Fosse?

Fosse is common in France, Norway, United States, Brazil, Belgium.

Fosse is ranked 54064 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Fosses plummeted by 5.86 per cent to 739 since 2000 and slipped by 2776 spots and ranked at 31360. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.47 93.76
Hispanic or Latino 4.47 3.82
Others 2.17 1.02
Black 0.81 0.76
Fosse is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 9428 people have been found who wears Fosse as their family name. Fosse is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Fosse:
1,272 France5,207
193 Norway2,282
29,685 United States1,109
Countries with hundreds of Fosse:
33,265 Brazil230
10,378 Belgium178
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
54,178 South Africa68
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
325 Jersey49
65,151 Canada44
44,739 Australia42
46,287 Cameroon34
76,208 England29
24,678 Sweden28
3,086 French Polynesia18
61,567 Spain17
66,951 Netherlands16
132,850 Argentina13
30,183 Denmark12
46,196 Switzerland12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
248,660 Germany10
146,768 Poland7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Louis Fosse was 72 years old when he migrated to USA on July 27, 1865. He lived in France where he worked as farmer and took Teutonia from Hamburg. 72 years old M. Fosse, P. Fosse (40) Farmer, Philipp Fosse (58) Farmer, Farmer Pierre Fosse, Piere Fosse, aged 35, Reudolph Fosse (24) Miller, Caroline Fosse, Laborer Gottfried Fosse, are others that migrated to US from Hamburg, Havre, Hamburg & Havre, Liverpool and Bremen.

Fosse Namesakes

  • Bob Fosse, American dancer, musical theatre choreographer
  • Ray Fosse, American former professional baseball player and current television sports color commentator
  • Jon Fosse, Norwegian author and dramatist
  • Charles de La Fosse, French painter born in Paris

Fosse Namesakes

  • Bob Fosse, American dancer, musical theatre choreographer
  • Ray Fosse, American former professional baseball player and current television sports color commentator
  • Jon Fosse, Norwegian author and dramatist
  • Charles de La Fosse, French painter born in Paris

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