The Fuchs surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,958 people carried this name — #2,784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 12,707 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Fuchs surname
A common surname transferred from the nickname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fuchs» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
7,556 people named Fuchs live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,415 people named Fuchs.
220 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
1,514 people named Fuchs have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,217 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 1,301 people named Fuchs 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 106 people named Fuchs 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 Antwerp.
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
375 people named Fuchs 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
Fuchs in American newspapers,
1876–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 111,191 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fuchs,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leonhart Fuchs 1501–1566 · physician -
Johann Joseph Fux 1660–1741 · composer -
Rutger Fuchs 1682–1753 · military personnel -
Johann Samuel Fuchs 1770–1817 · writer -
Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs 1774–1856 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 137 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fuchs.
- Fruh 153 · U.S. census
- Fruit 725 · U.S. census
- Frumin 103 · U.S. census
- Frutos 1,390 · U.S. census
- Fry 38,029 · U.S. census
- Frydman 310 · U.S. census
- Fuente 629 · U.S. census
- Fuentes 81,006 · U.S. census
- Fuertes 994 · U.S. census
- Fuger 168 · U.S. census
- Fugere 806 · U.S. census
- Fuhrer 1,281 · U.S. census
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