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Foy
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English
Sainte-+
Etymology
From en frm foy faith and placenames such as fr Sainte-Foy, variously from fr sainte fr foy holy faith and from the French name of St. Faith.
Proper noun
s
en.
en obsolete en Sainte-Foy, various places, especially Sainte-Foy-la-Grande.
1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 630:
FOY, or St Foy, a town in Guienne, in France, thirty-two miles eaſt of Bourdeaux; it is ſituated under the meridian of London, in 44°, 50′, N. lat.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Foy is the 2786th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12952 individuals. Foy is most common among White (71.73%) and Black/African American (22.44%) individuals.