Explore the Family Name Foxwell

The meaning of Foxwell

English: habitational name from Foxhill Farm in Uffculme (Devon), which is recorded in 1238 as Foggeshill.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the Foxwell surname has seen marginal changes between 2000 and 2010. The surname was ranked 26,191st in 2000 and slipped to 27,228th by 2010, marking a decrease of approximately 4 percent in its rank. The count of individuals with the Foxwell surname, however, saw a minor increase of 1.14 percent from 878 persons in 2000 to 888 in 2010. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 also decreased slightly by around 9 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,191	#27,228	-3.96%
Count	878	888	1.14%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.3	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Foxwell

Looking at the ethnic identity of those with the Foxwell surname, data from the Decennial U.S. Census suggests a slight shift between 2000 and 2010. In terms of ethnicity, the majority identifying as White decreased marginally from 91.57 percent in 2000 to 89.98 percent in 2010. People identifying as Black showed a small increase from 5.01 percent to 5.29 percent over the same period. There was also a significant increase of 125 percent in the proportion of people identifying with two or more races, rising from 0.8 percent in 2000 to 1.8 percent in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw a negligible decrease, while there were no recorded figures for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.57%	89.98%	-1.74%
Black	5.01%	5.29%	5.59%
Hispanic	2.28%	2.25%	-1.32%
Two or More Races	0.8%	1.8%	125%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%