Explore the Family Name Fodness

The meaning of Fodness

Norwegian: old variant of Fodnes (and, in North America, probably also an altered form of this), a habitational name from either of two farmsteads so named, from Old Norse Fornesjar, from for ‘front, foremost’ + nesjar, plural of nes ‘headland’, denoting a protruding headland.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Fodness saw a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The rank of this surname dropped by 3.29 percent, moving from the 61,058th position in 2000 to the 63,068th position in 2010. However, the count of individuals with this surname increased slightly by 2.92 percent, from 308 people in 2000 to 317 people in 2010. The proportion per 100k remained stable at 0.11 during both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,058	#63,068	-3.29%
Count	308	317	2.92%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.11	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fodness

The Decennial U.S. Census also provides insight into the ethnic identity associated with the surname Fodness. In 2000 and 2010, there were no recorded instances of this surname amongst Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native communities, or those identifying as two or more races. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, with a slight decrease from 97.08 percent in 2000 to 96.85 percent in 2010. The proportion of individuals identifying as Hispanic showed an increase of 55.56 percent, though it remained a small portion of the total, rising from 1.62 percent in 2000 to 2.52 percent in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.08%	96.85%	-0.24%
Hispanic	1.62%	2.52%	55.56%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%