How rare is the last name Foy?

11,976 people in the United States have the last name Foy, about 1 in 24,958. It ranks #2,939 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

FOY

#2,939

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,976
About
1 in 24,958
This common or more
52.3%
Who bears it

Of the 11,976 people with the last name Foy, 68.7% reported their origin as White, 22.1% as Black and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Foy

1 other last name also has 11,976 people.

#2,939 Orlando · 11,976

Either side of Foy

#2,937 Ragland · 11,980#2,938 Millan · 11,979#2,939 Orlando · 11,976#2,941 Osullivan · 11,971

Spelled almost the same

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

#14,007 Foye · 2,061#17,622 Foo · 1,566#30,686 Foe · 813#80,054 Fo · 256#91,558 Fow · 216#135,344 Fou · 129

Also a first name

As a first name, Foy ranks #14,395 of 53,615, with 819 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1921, with 81 births. See Foy as a first name

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