Fotheringham is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 12 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fotheringham
No. of characters: 12
Origin: England
Meaning: The house or town supplying food for man and beast, from Fother, as above, and ham, a village

How popular is Fotheringham?

Fotheringham is common in England.

Fotheringham is ranked 82871 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Fotheringhams grew by 6.615385 per cent to 693 since 2000 and ranked 33036 after elevating 133 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.53 97.85
Hispanic or Latino 2.89 1.54
Others 0.72 0
Fotheringham is quite popular family name mostly used in Scotland while Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 5264 people have been found who wears Fotheringham as their family name. Fotheringham is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,384 Northern Ireland3
9,185 Hong Kong2
19,046 Ireland2
124,220 Italy2
26,123 Malaysia2
573 Vanuatu1
1,704,541 India1
30,360 Thailand1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
174,544 Czech Republic1
21,562 Portugal1
1,542 Andorra1
118,015 Netherlands1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
810,193 Indonesia1
113 Falkland Islands1
49,101 Denmark1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
52,530 Belgium22
83,233 Spain16
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,649 New Zealand71
17,456 Switzerland63
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Fotheringham:
34,551 United States834
5,149 Australia581
7,658 Canada542
15,361 South Africa402
59,024 Germany168
40,399 Argentina119
Countries with thousands of Fotheringham:
700 Scotland1,188
6,060 England1,167
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jane Fotheringham was 44 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 25, 1849. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as immigrant and took Margaret from Glasgow. William Fotheringham (21) Workman, Workman Alexander Fotheringham, Maid Margaret Fotheringham, 9 years old Jean Fotheringham, Mary Fotheringham, Ann Fotheringham, are others that migrated to US.

Fotheringham Namesakes

  • Alasdair Fotheringham, Journalist
  • Mark Fotheringham, Scottish footballer
  • Debra Fotheringham, Musical Artist
  • George Fotheringham, Golfer
  • Martyn Fotheringham, Soccer player
  • Shalaina Fotheringham, Actress
  • Kevin Fotheringham, Soccer player
  • Philip Fotheringham-Parker, Racing driver
  • Allan Fotheringham, Journalist
  • In 2018 thriller flick, The Infection, Kyle Fotheringham characterized Officer Jensen.

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