The Fox surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 152,334 people carried this name — #180 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,940 people counted. That is up 3% from 147,357 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 125 births for the Fox name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 5,500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 395 people named Fox live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 184 people named Fox.
62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
180 people named Fox have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 331 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
112 people named Fox live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 53 people named Fox live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
172 people named Fox are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Fox in American newspapers,
1883–1954.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,265,194 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fox,
with a public archive behind them.
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Margaret Fell 1614–1702 · writer -
George Fox 1624–1691 · writer -
Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland 1723–1774 · aristocrat -
Joseph Fox 1729–1785 · surgeon -
Charles James Fox 1749–1806 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 162 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fox.
- Fourney 209 · U.S. census
- Fournie 168 · U.S. census
- Fournier 14,449 · U.S. census
- Fourre 117 · U.S. census
- Fourt 101 · U.S. census
- Foux 192 · U.S. census
- Foy 12,952 · U.S. census
- Foyer 148 · U.S. census
- Fracassi 313 · U.S. census
- Fracchia 182 · U.S. census
- Frackowiak 119 · U.S. census
- Frade 322 · U.S. census
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