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Fuchs Surname

2,949th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 190,672 people bear this surname

• 2014
• 1881
• 1880

The alternate forms: Füchs (2,716) & Fűchs (1) are calculated separately.

Fuchs (120) may also be a first name.

Fuchs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Fox [O.H.Ger. vuhs]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Fox” in German.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) One who lived at the sign of the fox; one with foxlike characteristics.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from a house sign) or (from a personal characteristic) In the ghetto of Frankfurt, house No. 78 had the sign of the Fuchs (“fox), and a number of German Jews derive their name from that source. Among eastern European Jews the family name may stem from a nickname Fox attributed to red-headed people. Finally, rabbis in Poland in the eight­eenth and nineteenth centuries wore a special garb with a fox-lined outer garment, and when names were given out this may have influenced the selection. In Poland the word for fox is lis, and the Jewish family name Liss or Lis is the result. In German the name is Fuchs, and in English the name is Fox.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

Fuchs is a German word for 'fox'. The surname first began to be used in the German state of Bavaria after the 12th century. It is associated with noble families from Tirol and Franconia, mentioned as knights in chronicles dating back to 1190.

- romin

Fuchs Demographics

Average Male Fuchs Height

176.62 cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Average Female Fuchs Height

164.31 cm

Average female height (US):

161.5 cm

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Fuchs Last Name Facts

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

Fuchs is most common in Germany. It may also be found as: Füchs or Fűchs. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fuchs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,949th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 38,220 people. The last name Fuchs occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Fuchs are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 852,104th most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 120 people.

The last name Fuchs is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 118,345 people, or 1 in 680. In Germany Fuchs is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 28 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent reside. Beside Germany Fuchs is found in 107 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Fuchs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fuchs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fuchs surname increased 824 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 374 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 3,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fuchs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fuchs last name are 8.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.54% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fuchs earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 8.73% less than the national average, earning €27,407 per year; in Norway they earn 2.9% more than the national average, earning 356,123 kr per year; in Peru they earn 13.49% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,000 per year; in South Africa they earn 41.72% more than the national average, earning R 336,780 per year; in United States they earn 12.15% more than the national average, earning 48,390USDperyearandinCanadatheyearn0.2948,390 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.29% more than the national average, earning 48,390USDperyearandinCanadatheyearn0.2949,826 CAD per year.

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