Foots Surname

432,326th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 796 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Foots Surname Definition:

Thomas Fute is recorded in Brechin, 1450 (REB., I, 158), Robert Fut was a tenant under the monks of Cupar-Angus Abbey, c. 1520 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 300), and John Foot appears in Brakywell, 1652 (Dunblane). William Fute of Auchlansky in record, 1683 (Inquis.

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Foots Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6001:604,09849,133
England871:640,43737,483
Australia651:415,31833,226
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Vanuatu91:29,253714
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

Foots (13) may also be a first name.

Foots Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Thomas Fute is recorded in Brechin, 1450 (REB., I, 158), Robert Fut was a tenant under the monks of Cupar-Angus Abbey, c. 1520 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 300), and John Foot appears in Brakywell, 1652 (Dunblane). William Fute of Auchlansky in record, 1683 (Inquis., 6489), and several persons named Futt are recorded in Glendevon and Fossoway in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Dunblane).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Probably from residence near the ' foot' of a mountain. This surname was hereditary from the time of the Conqueror. Among the undertenants of Domesday we have an Ernui Fot in Cheshire, and a Godwin Fot in Kent. The descendants of the latter gave the prefix to Foot's Cray. Fot is the common spelling in H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

As a Cornish name, perhaps from foute, a lane. Samuel Foote, the comedian, who was a native of Truro, changed his name from Foot to Footo upon settling in London.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The name of Foot was represented by a family in Mapouder parish in the latter half of last century; and at the same time there lived Joseph Foot, M. D., in Castleton, near Sherborne (H.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Foots Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Foots Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Foots occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foots? popularity and diffusion

The surname Foots is the 432,326th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,155,208 people. Foots occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Foots reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 600 people, or 1 in 604,098. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 19 percent are found, Arkansas, where 11 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.

Foots Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Foots has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Foots surname increased 1,429 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 348 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Foots Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Foots last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Foots last name are 18.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.26% being registered with the political party.

Foots earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.13% less than the national average, earning $36,622 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foot897,156/
Foos894,954/
Fots897/
Foote8033,570/
Fouts807,643/
Foose801,901/
Foott80706/
Foets80216/
Fotse80187/
Voots80158/
Footh80144/
Footz8085/
Foohs8025/
Foost8012/
Foods809/
Foyts802/
Footc801/
Footd801/
Footp801/
Fooss801/
Fooht800/
Fotts800/
Foits800/
Foodt800/
Foo7554,144/
Fos752,680/
Fot751,650/
Fotsch73352/
Pfouts73281/
Foutts7384/
Fooshe7355/
Foutse7331/
Fostås7314/
Fotshe734/
Foochs732/
Foothe732/
Foosse731/
Foutsp731/
Footte730/
Fouths730/
Foutst730/
Foutsh730/
Foetsh730/
Foss6729,860/
Fois679,909/
Foth674,152/
Fout672,793/
Foit672,372/
Voos671,856/
Fojt671,847/
Fote671,181/
Fose671,166/
Fous67879/
Fost67619/
Foyt67550/
Fosh67537/
Voot67421/
Fooz67417/
Foht67353/
Fohs67294/
Foox67248/
Fott67175/
Fooy67150/
Futs67124/
Food6797/
Fats6758/
Foetsch6757/
Vots6746/
Fods6745/
Foxs6744/
Pfoo6738/
Foys6737/
Fojs6735/
Fooa6725/
Fuot6717/
Fuos6712/
Fosz677/
Foïs674/
Fgoo673/
Fooj673/
Fotz673/
Fhos673/
Fhoo673/
Fosx672/
Fooe672/
Fooc672/
Fošt672/
Hfot672/
Fotd671/
Fosj671/
Pfos671/
Vfot671/
Vfos671/
Wfoo671/
Fozs671/
Fozt671/
Fotp671/
Fotx671/
Fosp671/
Foop670/
Foutsch670/
Fouchts670/

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