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 | 3 |
| Buckinghamshire | 17 |
| Berkshire | 18 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 4 |
| Cheshire | 8 |
| Cornwall | 31 |
| Cumberland | 2 |
| Derbyshire | 12 |
| Devon | 187 |
| Dorset | 570 |
| Durham | 12 |
| Essex | 165 |
| Gloucestershire | 24 |
| Hampshire | 383 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 13 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 4 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 83 |
| Lancashire | 42 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 25 |
| London | 626 |
| Middlesex | 116 |
| Northumberland | 9 |
| Norfolk | 4 |
| Northamptonshire | 25 |
| Nottinghamshire | 5 |
| Oxfordshire | 10 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 4 |
| Shropshire | 6 |
| Suffolk | 17 |
| Somerset | 169 |
| Surrey | 133 |
| Sussex | 55 |
| Staffordshire | 19 |
| Warwickshire | 12 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 72 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 69 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 37 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 16 |
| Pembrokeshire | 3 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 319 |
| Private Means | 30 |
| Farm Labourer | 30 |
| Farmer | 29 |
| Dress Maker | 16 |
| Dressmaker | 16 |
| None | 16 |
| General Labourer | 15 |
| At School | 14 |
| Domestic Servant | 13 |
| Scholar | 12 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 12 |
| Assisting In The Business | 11 |
| Market Gardener | 11 |
| Carman | 10 |
| Clerk | 10 |
| House Keeper | 9 |
| Labourer | 9 |
| Laundress | 9 |
| Nil | 9 |
| Carpenter | 9 |
| Farmers Son Working On Farm | 9 |
| Shipwright | 9 |
| Bricklayer | 9 |
| Labourer On Farm | 8 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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