Fosnaugh

English

Etymology

Americanized spelling of German Fasnacht.

Proper noun

Fosnaugh (plural Fosnaughs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fosnaugh is the 35345^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 637 individuals. Fosnaugh is most common among White (94.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fosnaugh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 593.