Foxvog Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

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

Foxvog Surname User-submission:

The name is derived from Faksvaagen, the family homestead near Kristiansund North in Norway.

The first component is a personal name, old Norse Faxi used either as a first name or more probably a nickname. It is derived from the old Norse fax, meaning a horse mane.

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Foxvog Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States621:5,846,112285,490

Foxvog Surname Meaning

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The name is derived from Faksvaagen, the family homestead near Kristiansund North in Norway.

The first component is a personal name, old Norse Faxi used either as a first name or more probably a nickname. It is derived from the old Norse fax, meaning a horse mane. Applied to a man, it would mean "He with a shock of hair."

The latter part of the compound name is from the old Norse vagr or vaag, meaning bay. This is a common component in Norway for farms on bays.

The name therefore means "Faxi's bay."

Source: The Foxvog Saga by Donald R Foxvog (c)1959

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The name is derived from Faksvaagen, the family homestead near Kristiansund North in Norway.

The first component is a personal name, old Norse, faxi, used either as a first name or more probably a nickname. It is derived from the old Norse, fax, meaning a 'horse mane'. Applied to a man, it would mean 'he with a shock of hair'.

The latter part of the compound name is from the old Norse, vagr, or vaag, meaning 'bay'. This is a common component in Norway for farms on bays.

The name therefore means 'Faxi's bay'.

Source: The Foxvog Saga by Donald R Foxvog (c)1959

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Foxvog Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foxvog is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Foxvog click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foxvog? popularity and diffusion

The surname Foxvog is the 2,436,415th most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Foxvog is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Foxvog live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 5,846,112. In The United States it is primarily found in: Nebraska, where 24 percent live, California, where 18 percent live and Georgia, where 15 percent live.

Foxvog Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Foxvog surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered with the party.

Foxvog earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.46% less than the national average, earning $34,320 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faxvog8321/
Foxvig8313/
Foxvik671/
Faxvaag6224/
Fosbag501/

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