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Foster

in Florida

There are 9,155 people with the last name "Foster" in Florida.

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Foster 113
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  1. is 109th most common Long
  2. is 110th most common Jimenez
  3. is 111th most common Sanders
  4. is 112th most common Gutierrez
  5. is 113th most common Foster
  6. is 114th most common Price
  7. is 115th most common Fisher
  8. is 116th most common Henry
  9. is 117th most common Alexander

Similar Names and Nicknames

Fister, Foston, Faster, Fester, Fuster, Festor, Fost, Fistori, Fistere, Fostor

Most Common First Names for Foster

John, Robert, James, David, William, Richard, Michael, Mary, George, Patricia

Meaning & History

English: reduced form of Forster.

English: nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’).

Jewish: probably an Americanized form of one or more likesounding Jewish surnames, such as Forster.

FOREBEARS This name was brought to North America by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Thomas Foster (1640–79) is buried in the old burial ground in Cambridge, MA. John Foster, born 1648 in Dorchester, MA, was the earliest wood engraver in America.

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