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Hi Skot,

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Foss:

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1) Fors, Fos, Foss

Nordic surname (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian) deriving from place names (Old Norse fors = 'rapids, waterfall')

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2) Foss, Foß, Vos, Voss, Voß

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Low German surname (northern Germany, Netherlands, southern Denmark), deriving from a byname (Middle Low German vos = 'fox') [a Low German V is pronounced exactly like an F]

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Sources:
1) Norsk etternamnleksikon (Olav Veka)
2) Duden Familiennamen (Rosa and Volker Kohlheim)

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http://www.nordicnames.de/surnames.html#foss

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http://www.nordicnames.de/