Fox is used as a family name or surname in Israel, Ireland, Germany. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fox
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Israel, Ireland, Germany
Meaning:

This family name has been in some instances anglicized from an Irish sept, O'Siouagh, who were possessed in Teffia, county of Westmeath, of a territory extending over the baronies of Rathcourath and Clonlonan, with parcel of the barony of Kilcoursey in King's County. The head of the sept in the time of Elizabeth was known by the title of The Fox; and he it was who obtained large grants from her Majesty in the latter county, with the title of Lord Kilcoursey.

Fox is form of the Fox. This family name has been in some instances anglicized from an Irish sept, O'Siouagh, who were possessed in Teffia, county of Westmeath, of a territory extending over the baronies of Rathcourath and Clonlonan, with parcel of the barony of Kilcoursey in King's County. The head of the sept in the time of Elizabeth was known by the title of The Fox; and he it was who obtained large grants from her Majesty in the latter county, with the title of Lord Kilcoursey.

Fox is a form of the Fox. 1. From the animal, like Wolf, Bear, Boar, etc. Le Fox in Hundred Rolls 2. In some cases it may be connected with the Yorkshire family of Fawkes, and if so with the Norman Vaux or De Vallibus.

A variant form of Fox. Dweller at the sign of the fox; one with some of the qualities of a fox.

Dweller at the sign of the fox; one with some of the qualities of a fox.

1. From the animal, like Wolf, Bear, Boar, etc. Le Fox in Hundred Rolls 2. In some cases it may be connected with the Yorkshire family of Fawkes, and if so with the Norman Vaux or De Vallibus.

How popular is Fox?

Fox is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Egypt, Ireland, Sudan, New Zealand, Germany, Scotland, South Africa, Angola, Northern Ireland, Wales, Bahamas, Bangladesh, France, Ghana, Thailand, Morocco, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Nicaragua, Belgium, Peru, Italy, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Bermuda, Portugal, China, Malawi, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Botswana, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Poland, Trinidad and Tobago, Paraguay, India, Papua New Guinea, Sweden, Jersey, Israel, Switzerland, Guyana, Panama.

Fox is ranked 1596 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fox bearers increased by 3.38 per cent in 2010 US census to 152334 since 2000, the surname slipped by 13 spots and ranked at 180. The last name was found in around 5 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.08 89.82
Black 6.06 5.68
Hispanic or Latino 2.42 1.54
Others 1.84 1.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.03 1.03
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.56 0.55
Fox is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Bermuda lie ahead in terms of density. Around 340608 people have been found who wears Fox as their family name. Fox is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Fox:
147 United States204,977
Countries with ten thousands of Fox:
107 England51,804
163 Australia18,798
329 Canada13,697
Countries with thousands of Fox:
1,331 Egypt8,207
109 Ireland7,327
1,185 Sudan4,480
192 New Zealand2,900
3,940 Germany2,691
377 Scotland2,580
2,997 South Africa2,297
1,826 Angola1,775
211 Northern Ireland1,721
182 Wales1,649
70 Bahamas1,260
5,565 Bangladesh1,081
Countries with hundreds of Fox:
9,630 France959
3,547 Ghana901
15,363 Thailand668
8,802 Morocco648
5,312 Mexico644
5,549 Netherlands507
7,979 Spain485
7,503 Argentina480
20,510 Brazil391
910 Jamaica370
6,293 Sri Lanka365
436 Fiji346
931 Nicaragua342
5,809 Belgium323
6,338 Peru322
28,586 Italy310
152 Solomon Islands304
47,460 Philippines286
24 Bermuda257
2,654 Portugal226
502 China212
11,397 Malawi183
3,013 Dominican Republic169
5,662 Colombia166
2,545 Botswana165
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
4,162 Chile155
31,442 Poland153
1,288 Trinidad and Tobago150
1,417 Paraguay149
136,722 India134
8,647 Papua New Guinea123
6,033 Sweden121
89 Jersey119
8,891 Israel118
8,609 Switzerland113
1,154 Guyana109
1,986 Panama108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
907 Guinea95
13,329 Austria94
3,085 Bahrain88
161 Isle of Man82
7,849 Venezuela82
7,018 Denmark80
26,018 Zimbabwe65
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,138 Honduras49
14,618 Norway47
33,800 Japan40
2,978 Hong Kong39
10,676 Kuwait39
36,096 Malaysia38
400 Guernsey37
46,418 Greece34
40,874 Czechia32
209,071 Indonesia32
13,630 Iraq31
3,400 Cyprus28
908 Guam25
4,722 Luxembourg23
191,560 Nigeria19
3,633 Oman19
2,402 Vietnam19
931 United States Virgin Islands18
14,108 Ecuador17
13,856 Singapore17
592 South Korea17
44,357 Algeria16
2,274 Mozambique16
792 Myanmar16
703 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines16
3,310 Costa Rica15
15,474 Estonia15
38,752 Hungary14
50,143 Slovakia14
268 Turks and Caicos Islands13
28,977 Finland12
33,360 Croatia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
57,086 Tanzania10
36,116 United Arab Emirates10
14,518 Ethiopia9
1,982 Libya9
16,335 Taiwan9
22,825 Uruguay9
616 Saint Kitts and Nevis8
668 Monaco7
11,022 Syria7
1,961 American Samoa6
561 British Virgin Islands6
991 Gibraltar6
16,645 Lebanon6
55,922 Qatar6
123,710 Uganda6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ally Fox was 30 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 11, 1846. She lived in Ireland where she worked as maid and took Georgia from Liverpool. Tailoress Jno. Fox, Patt Fox, aged 22, 20 years old Ann Fox, 20 years old Edward Fox, Workman Edward Fox, 22 years old Catherine Fox, 60 years old Betty Fox, Nora Fox, aged 26, and 970 other Fox around 51.06% of whom were workman while others worked as tailoress and farmer, servant, carpenter, spinster, mechanic, weaver, blacksmith, draper, shoemaker, seamstress, matron, bricklayer, surgeon, dressmaker, farmers &, laborers, painter migrated to US.

From Germany

Cornelius Fox hailed from Germany. 26 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Indian Ocean and arrived on May 15, 1852. Ann-Catherine Fox, aged 33, Hartman Fox, aged 9, Farmer Henric Fox, Henric Fox (31) Farmer, Johannes Fox, aged 4 months old, Heinrich Fox, aged 30, 19 years old Nicol Fox, Jean Fox (27) Farmer, and 58 other Fox around 38.46% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and merchant, baker, servant, clerk migrated to US.

Fox Namesakes

  • Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and politician
  • Virgil Fox, American organist
  • Gill Fox, American political cartoonist
  • Charley Fox, DFC
  • Charles Richard Fox, British army general, and later a politician
  • Stanley Fox, politician in Manitoba, Canada,
  • Uffa Fox, English boat designer and sailing enthusiast
  • Caroline Fox, Cornish diarist
  • Cyril Fox, English archaeologist
  • Emmet Fox, New Thought spiritual leader of the early 20th century
  • William Johnson Fox, English religious and political orator
  • Wilfrid Fox, dermatologist in the United Kingdom
  • Adam Fox, Dean of Divinity at Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Everton Fox, British weather presenter
  • Rodney Fox, South Australian film maker, conservationist
  • Albert and Ebenezer Fox, were infamous English poachers
  • Chappie Fox, circus historian and philanthropist
  • Ofelia Fox, poet
  • Chloë Fox, Australian politician
  • Emily Fox, former world record holder at sport stacking
  • Galen Fox, former Hawaii state representative
  • James Patrick Fox, Canadian politician and office holder
  • Geoff Fox, American television broadcast meteorologist with a career spanning over 30 years
  • Anna Fox, British documentary photographer,
  • Elsie Fox, American screenwriter in the 1930s
  • Warwick Fox, Australian philosopher and ethicist
  • Johnny Fox, Irish independent politician and Teachta Dála for Wicklow
  • Barclay Fox, businessman, gardener and diarist
  • Ambar La Fox, Argentine actress, dancer, singer and Diva
  • Fontaine Fox, Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr
  • Charles Masson Fox, Cornish businessman
  • Maurice Fox, Canadian chess master
  • Alfred Fox, member of the Quaker Fox family of Falmouth
  • Mitchell B. Fox, American former leading business executive of Condé Nast Publications
  • Josiah Fox, British naval architect noted for his involvement
  • Malcolm Fox, American racecar driver
  • Ralph Winston Fox, British journalist, novelist, and historian
  • R. M. Fox, journalist and historian of the Irish left
  • Dixon Ryan Fox, member of the Andiron Club
  • William Price Fox, American novelist
  • Helen Fox, English children's author
  • Charles Elliot Fox, Anglican missionary and teacher in Melanesia
  • Summerset Fox, Royalist
  • Evelyn Fox, noted British health worker
  • George Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends
  • Wade Fox, Rufus Wade Fox Jr
  • William Darwin Fox, English clergyman, naturalist
  • Ralph Fox, American mathematician
  • Sidney W. Fox, Los Angeles-born biochemist responsible for discoveries on the origins of life
  • George E. Fox, researcher at the University of Houston
  • Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, comedian, author
  • Gardner Fox, comics creator
  • Terry Fox, Canadian athlete, humanitarian
  • Charles James Fox, prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and
  • Samantha Fox, English singer, songwriter, actress
  • James Fox, English actor, from a well-known acting family

Fox Namesakes

  • Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and politician
  • Virgil Fox, American organist
  • Gill Fox, American political cartoonist
  • Charley Fox, DFC
  • Charles Richard Fox, British army general, and later a politician
  • Stanley Fox, politician in Manitoba, Canada,
  • Uffa Fox, English boat designer and sailing enthusiast
  • Caroline Fox, Cornish diarist
  • Cyril Fox, English archaeologist
  • Emmet Fox, New Thought spiritual leader of the early 20th century
  • William Johnson Fox, English religious and political orator
  • Wilfrid Fox, dermatologist in the United Kingdom
  • Adam Fox, Dean of Divinity at Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Everton Fox, British weather presenter
  • Rodney Fox, South Australian film maker, conservationist
  • Albert and Ebenezer Fox, were infamous English poachers
  • Chappie Fox, circus historian and philanthropist
  • Ofelia Fox, poet
  • Chloë Fox, Australian politician
  • Emily Fox, former world record holder at sport stacking
  • Galen Fox, former Hawaii state representative
  • James Patrick Fox, Canadian politician and office holder
  • Geoff Fox, American television broadcast meteorologist with a career spanning over 30 years
  • Anna Fox, British documentary photographer,
  • Elsie Fox, American screenwriter in the 1930s
  • Warwick Fox, Australian philosopher and ethicist
  • Johnny Fox, Irish independent politician and Teachta Dála for Wicklow
  • Barclay Fox, businessman, gardener and diarist
  • Ambar La Fox, Argentine actress, dancer, singer and Diva
  • Fontaine Fox, Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr
  • Charles Masson Fox, Cornish businessman
  • Maurice Fox, Canadian chess master
  • Alfred Fox, member of the Quaker Fox family of Falmouth
  • Mitchell B. Fox, American former leading business executive of Condé Nast Publications
  • Josiah Fox, British naval architect noted for his involvement
  • Malcolm Fox, American racecar driver
  • Ralph Winston Fox, British journalist, novelist, and historian
  • R. M. Fox, journalist and historian of the Irish left
  • Dixon Ryan Fox, member of the Andiron Club
  • William Price Fox, American novelist
  • Helen Fox, English children's author
  • Charles Elliot Fox, Anglican missionary and teacher in Melanesia
  • Summerset Fox, Royalist
  • Evelyn Fox, noted British health worker
  • George Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends
  • Wade Fox, Rufus Wade Fox Jr
  • William Darwin Fox, English clergyman, naturalist
  • Ralph Fox, American mathematician
  • Sidney W. Fox, Los Angeles-born biochemist responsible for discoveries on the origins of life
  • George E. Fox, researcher at the University of Houston
  • Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, comedian, author
  • Gardner Fox, comics creator
  • Terry Fox, Canadian athlete, humanitarian
  • Charles James Fox, prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and
  • Samantha Fox, English singer, songwriter, actress
  • James Fox, English actor, from a well-known acting family

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