as a Last Name
- 6,163
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Fogg
Meaning & Origins
Northern English: from Middle English fogge ‘aftermath’, i.e. grass left to grow after the hay has been cut, also applied to long grass in a water meadow. The surname arose from either a topographic name or a metonymic occupational name for someone who grazed cattle on such grass in the winter. The vocabulary word, which is probably of Old Norse origin, is still in use as a dialect term in Craven, Yorkshire, and in eastern Lancashire. Modern English fog ‘thick mist’ is first attested in the 16th century and is unlikely to be the source for a surname.
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,163
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Fogg per capita
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