Fossum is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fossum
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Fossum

How popular is Fossum?

Fossum is common in United States.

Fossum is ranked 73931 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fossum bearers increased by 0.4338395 per cent in 2010 US census to 1852 since 2000, the surname slipped by 972 spots and ranked at 15743. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.76 95.23
Hispanic or Latino 2.11 0.98
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.08 0.76
Others 1.03 1.03
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.43
Black 0.32 1.57
Fossum is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Norway which signifies that it is originated from Norway. Around 6029 people have been found who wears Fossum as their family name. Fossum is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
90,215 Germany3
18,718 Thailand2
20,595 China2
62,864 New Zealand1
16,228 Bulgaria1
38,841 Scotland1
9,591 Panama1
17,768 Pakistan1
118,015 Netherlands1
40,340 Malaysia1
29,046 Japan1
42,479 Greece1
25,746 Finland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,591 Belgium37
155,219 England16
84,957 Spain15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,203 Denmark84
Countries with hundreds of Fossum:
15,417 Canada242
4,278 Sweden225
Countries with thousands of Fossum:
150 Norway2,807
13,350 United States2,580
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Fossum Namesakes

    Karin Fossum, Norwegian writer of police genre, known as "The Norwegian Queen of Crime"
  • Michael E. Fossum, Astronaut
  • Casey Fossum, Baseball player
  • Karin Fossum, Author
  • Marita Fossum, Writer
  • Karin Fossum, Author
  • Karin Fossum, Author
  • Casey Fossum, Baseball player
  • Grethe G. Fossum, Politician
  • Sindre Fossum Beyer, Norwegian Politician
  • Iver Fossum, Soccer player
  • Alv Fossum portrayed significant character of Bastian in 2015 adventure, drama movie Ingen manns land.

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