Foot Name Meaning: Of viking origins,deriving from the word 'fotr',possibly occupational for a messenger 'fleet of foot'. This name could also possibly topographic for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
At times this was used as a cruel nickname for someone with a peculiarity of the foot.This is not its true meaning as it is difficult to see how it could have survived as a surname.
Discover how your Foot ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 15 |
Buckinghamshire | 16 |
Berkshire | 8 |
Cambridgeshire | 8 |
Channel Islands | 9 |
Cheshire | 10 |
Cornwall | 44 |
Cumberland | 0 |
Derbyshire | 1 |
Devon | 275 |
Dorset | 667 |
Durham | 7 |
Essex | 22 |
Gloucestershire | 33 |
Hampshire | 131 |
Herefordshire | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 28 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 24 |
Isle of Man | 10 |
Kent | 45 |
Lancashire | 21 |
Leicestershire | 3 |
Lincolnshire | 35 |
London | 316 |
Middlesex | 28 |
Northumberland | 15 |
Norfolk | 5 |
Northamptonshire | 20 |
Nottinghamshire | 1 |
Oxfordshire | 0 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 24 |
Shropshire | 1 |
Suffolk | 8 |
Somerset | 341 |
Surrey | 28 |
Sussex | 44 |
Staffordshire | 3 |
Warwickshire | 11 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 149 |
Worcestershire | 4 |
Yorkshire | 21 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 1 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 0 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 2 |
Pembrokeshire | 1 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
Scholar | 320 |
Agricultural Labourer | 136 |
House Servant | 60 |
Labourer | 33 |
At Home | 32 |
Servant | 27 |
Carpenter | 23 |
Farm Labourer | 23 |
Pauper | 19 |
Dress Maker | 17 |
Laundress | 15 |
Wife Of Above | 14 |
Mason | 13 |
General Servant | 12 |
Glover | 12 |
Blacksmith | 11 |
Tailor | 11 |
Errand Boy | 10 |
Annuitant | 8 |
Sawyer | 7 |
House Keeper | 7 |
Shoe Maker | 7 |
Charwoman | 7 |
Button Maker | 6 |
Sail Cloth Weaver | 6 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Foot | 1,290 |
Mary Foot | 1,218 |
John Foot | 1,033 |
George Foot | 900 |
Elizabeth Foot | 891 |
James Foot | 696 |
Henry Foot | 640 |
Sarah Foot | 629 |
Charles Foot | 501 |
Ann Foot | 467 |
Thomas Foot | 463 |
Jane Foot | 435 |
Eliza Foot | 356 |
Frederick Foot | 328 |
Ellen Foot | 294 |
Robert Foot | 280 |
Emma Foot | 271 |
Alice Foot | 251 |
Alfred Foot | 237 |
Emily Foot | 224 |
Samuel Foot | 220 |
Richard Foot | 215 |
Annie Foot | 210 |
Joseph Foot | 199 |
Albert Foot | 187 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Foot | 100% | 20,480 |
2 | Foote | 80% | 5,875 |
3 | Fate | 25% | 817 |
4 | Foat | 75% | 683 |
5 | Fait | 50% | 610 |
6 | Foott | 80% | 592 |
7 | Fot | 75% | 476 |
8 | Fite | 25% | 159 |
9 | Feet | 50% | 121 |
10 | Feat | 50% | 117 |
11 | Fott | 75% | 107 |
The surname Foot is the most popular version of all its varients