Explore the Family Name Foat

The meaning of Foat

English: variant of Foad, from Middle English fode ‘young child, baby (i.e. that which is fed)’, also ‘food, nourishment’ (Old English fōda).

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How common is the last name Foat in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Foat has seen a decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Foat was ranked as the 57,849th most popular surname but it dropped to the 64,054th position by 2010, marking a decrease of 10.73 percent. The total count of people with this surname also decreased during this period, from 329 individuals in 2000 to 311 in 2010, a decline of 5.47 percent. Accordingly, the proportion of people with this surname per 100k population dropped by 8.33 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#57,849	#64,054	-10.73%
Count	329	311	-5.47%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Foat

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some shifts between 2000 and 2010. The proportion of individuals with the Foat surname identifying as White decreased slightly from 70.82 percent to 68.81 percent. The percentage of those identifying as Black increased slightly from 26.75 percent to 27.33 percent. Interestingly, while there were no individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2000, by 2010, 2.25 percent of people with the Foat surname identified themselves as such. There were no changes in the percentages for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native groups, maintaining at 0 percent through both years. Those identifying with two or more races also dropped to 0 percent in 2010, down from 1.52 percent in the previous decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	70.82%	68.81%	-2.84%
Black	26.75%	27.33%	2.17%
Hispanic	0%	2.25%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.52%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%