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Foster

in Texas

There are 13,354 people with the last name "Foster" in Texas.

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Ranking in Texas

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Foster 112
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  1. is 108th most common Deleon
  2. is 109th most common Alvarado
  3. is 110th most common James
  4. is 111th most common Medina
  5. is 112th most common Foster
  6. is 113th most common Hughes
  7. is 114th most common Castro
  8. is 115th most common Powell
  9. is 116th most common Simmons

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Foster

James, John, Robert, David, Michael, William, Charles, Mary, Gary, Mark

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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