A German surname, Fuchs comes from the Middle German term of ‘vuhs’ which refers to a sly and cunning person. Variations in spelling Fuchs include Fuchse, Fuechs and Fuchsen. In the Bavarian state in Germany the Fuchs name originated. In England the few scatterings of the Fuchs name is in the city of London, in Middlesex, Essex, Sussex, Gloucestershire, Lancashire and Northumberland counties. Within the United States the Fuchs surname is concentration in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri. Famous: Vivian Ernest Fuchs (a 20th century explorer and geologist in the Antarctic and Africa from England), Charles Fuchs (a professional baseball player), Guenter B. Fuchs (a poet and artist from Germany), Christian Fuchs (a professional soccer player from Austria) and Richard Fuchs (a music composer from New Zealand).