The Fouts surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,545 people carried this name — #6,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,452 in 2000.

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In print

Fouts in American newspapers,
1908.

Newspaper page from The L'anse Sentinel carrying the name Fouts
The L'anse Sentinel 1908-09-26
Newspaper page from The Ely Miner carrying the name Fouts
The Ely Miner 1908-09-18
Newspaper page from Willmar Tribune carrying the name Fouts
Willmar Tribune 1908-09-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 68,283 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fouts in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1930s.

21 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fouts. The most, 12, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 9
New South Wales 4
Victoria 4
Western Australia 3
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Fouts,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tom Fouts 1918–2004 · actor
  • Warren Fouts 1940–2008 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fouts,
in the records of the United States.

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 States314 records

314 records of the Fouts name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 212
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 87
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clifford E. Fouts

    Born 1923 in Wyoming. Enlisted 1943 at Denver, Colorado; driver from Denver County, Colorado. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Forrest R. Fouts

    U.S. Air Force veteran. Born 1932, died 2001; buried at Craft Graceland Memorial Park, New Albany, Indiana.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Catherine Fouts

    Born 1902 in Austria. Registered as a foreign national in Harvey, Illinois, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 314 records for Fouts in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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