How Many People Have the Last Name Foster?
people had the surname Foster in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,295 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+6,724 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Foster (69.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 23.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Foster ranks #67. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 72% to 69.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Foster grew from 221,040 people in 2000 to 227,764 in 2010 (up 3%), and its rank fell from #87 to #99. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 81.94 to 77.21 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 221,040 | 227,764 |
| Rank | #87 | #99 |
| Per 100,000 people | 81.94 | 77.21 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Foster
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Foster: F236
👤 Foster as a First Name
Foster is a first name too: about 7,472 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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