The Foust surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,366 people carried this name — #2,900 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 12,145 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

30 families named Foust, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 178 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 16
South Carolina 8
North Carolina 6

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 240 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Foust in American newspapers,
1897–1917.

Newspaper page from The Springdale News carrying the name Foust
The Springdale News 1914-09-04
Newspaper page from The Iola Register carrying the name Foust
The Iola Register 1897-02-26
Newspaper page from The Hayti Herald carrying the name Foust
The Hayti Herald 1917-07-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,403 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Foust in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1940s.

38 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Foust. The most, 7, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 16
Queensland 6
Western Australia 6
Victoria 5
South Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Foust.

Who carried it

People named Foust,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Larry Foust
    Larry Foust 1928–1984 · basketball player
  • Edmond C. Foust d. 1945 · writer
  • Clement Edgar Foust 1887–1950 · instructor
  • Alan Shivers Foust 1908–1986
  • Frances Faust Lombard 1915–1995 · botanical collector
  • Sarah Caroline Foust 1916–1976 · botanical collector

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Foust,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States640 records

640 records of the Foust name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 467
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 134
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Arthur J. Foust

    Born 1930; from Ashtabula County, Ohio. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in North Korea. Buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alfred C. Foust

    Born 1924 in Michigan. Enlisted 1943 at Toledo, Ohio; auto mechanic from Allen County, Ohio. U.S. Army veteran; died 1992, buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charlotte Foust

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Northumberland from London, aged 25; servant. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 640 records for Foust in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands22 records

22 records of the Foust name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 9
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 7
  • Dutch population registers 6
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johanna Elisabeth Foust

    Married in 1847 in 's-Gravenhage; washerwoman.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jan Hendrik Leopold Foust

    Died 1834 in Vaals; born in Luik, Belgium.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Reiner Foust

    Buried in 1745 in Jacobynerkerk.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Foust in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France5 records

5 records of the Foust name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Henri Francois Foust

    Born 1920 in Zimming; died 1976 in Thionville (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Louise Suzanne Foust

    Born 1905 in Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne); died 1988 in Bar-sur-Seine (Aube).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Victorine Foust

    Born 1897 in Zimming; died 1973 in Zimming (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Foust in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Foust name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wilhelmina Foust

    Arrived in Queensland in 1914 aboard the Omrah.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anton Foust

    Arrived in Queensland in 1914 aboard the Omrah.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Foust in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany3 records

3 records of the Foust name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Georg Foust

    From Hemersbronn, Bolchen. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 28 October 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 353).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hermann Foust

    From Rohrstadt, Oberlahn. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 1 June 1915.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Foust

    From Zimmingen, Bolchen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 21 September 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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