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 | 7 |
Buckinghamshire | 33 |
Berkshire | 18 |
Cambridgeshire | 5 |
Channel Islands | 12 |
Cheshire | 9 |
Cornwall | 14 |
Cumberland | 0 |
Derbyshire | 6 |
Devon | 184 |
Dorset | 552 |
Durham | 13 |
Essex | 68 |
Gloucestershire | 17 |
Hampshire | 193 |
Herefordshire | 1 |
Hertfordshire | 23 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 5 |
Isle of Man | 1 |
Kent | 61 |
Lancashire | 105 |
Leicestershire | 5 |
Lincolnshire | 10 |
London | 567 |
Middlesex | 52 |
Northumberland | 9 |
Norfolk | 1 |
Northamptonshire | 9 |
Nottinghamshire | 5 |
Oxfordshire | 8 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 5 |
Shropshire | 0 |
Suffolk | 7 |
Somerset | 178 |
Surrey | 84 |
Sussex | 48 |
Staffordshire | 20 |
Warwickshire | 8 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 56 |
Worcestershire | 0 |
Yorkshire | 52 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 11 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 16 |
Pembrokeshire | 7 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 430 |
Agricultural Labourer | 66 |
General Labourer | 40 |
Labourer | 28 |
Domestic Servant | 24 |
General Servant Domestic | 20 |
Living On Own Means | 19 |
Carpenter | 18 |
Dress Maker | 18 |
Farm Labourer | 17 |
Cotton Weaver | 17 |
Laundress | 16 |
Living On Her Own Means | 16 |
General Servant | 15 |
Farmer | 12 |
Coal Miner | 12 |
Tailor | 10 |
Clerk | 9 |
Shoe Maker | 8 |
Charwoman | 7 |
General Domestic Servant | 7 |
Gardener | 7 |
House Keeper | 7 |
Baker | 7 |
Bricklayer | 7 |
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