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Early Origins of the Fouch family

The surname Fouch was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where this illustrious family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Fouch family

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Fouch Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Foch, Folch, Fouch, Fouche, Foche, Foulch, Les Foches, Fauch, Foshes, Faush, Faushe, Faulch, Foulsh and many more.

Early Notables of the Fouch family

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Fouch Ranking

In the United States, the name Fouch is the 14,630th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Fouch migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fouch Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Tho Fouch, aged 16, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 2
  • Gilbert Fouch, who arrived in Virginia in 1658 2
  • Hugh Fouch, who landed in Virginia in 1661 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Fouch (post 1700) +

  • Perle L. Fouch (1875-1952), American Republican politician, Member of Michigan State House of Representatives from Allegan County 1st District, 1907-10; Allegan County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-18, 1945-46; Member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1939 3


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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