How common is the last name Fox?

149,757 people in the United States have the last name Fox, about 1 in 1,996. It ranks #180 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FOX

#180

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
149,757
About
1 in 1,996
This common or more
21.6%
Who bears it

Of the 149,757 people with the last name Fox, 85% reported their origin as White, 5.8% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Fox

#178 Holmes · 150,877#179 Rose · 149,763#181 Wagner · 149,267#182 Boyd · 147,346

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fox, most common first.

#9,760 Foxx · 3,172#29,804 Fok · 842#75,363 Foxe · 276#90,519 Fos · 219#91,558 Foux · 216#97,359 Foix · 200#129,703 Fog · 137#144,270 Foz · 117

Also a first name

As a first name, Fox ranks #5,642 of 53,615, with 2,998 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2016, with 339 births. See Fox as a first name

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