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Fouquet or Foucquet is a French surname. Many immigrants to the United States anglicized this surname to either Fuqua or Fuquay upon arrival. [1]

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References

  1. Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 613. ISBN   9780199771691.