Foreman

Foreman is the 1,273rd most common surname in the United States, shared by 27,034 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 11,100.

By the numbers

People: 27,034
Rank: 1,273rd
How common: 1 in 11,100
Per 100,000: 9.0

Where the name comes from

Origin an occupational name

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Foreman described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 62.8%
Black, not Hispanic 26.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Foreman

George Foreman (1949–2025)American professional boxer
Michael Foreman (born 1957)American astronaut
Carl Foreman (1914–1984)American screenwriter and film producer
Deborah Foreman (born 1962)American actress
Amanda Foreman (born 1966)American actress
Yuri Foreman (born 1980)Israeli boxer and rabbinical student
Annie Foreman-Mackey (born 1991)Canadian cyclist
Jon Foreman (born 1976)American musician and songwriter

People named Foreman with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Foreman

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.