How common is the surname Fillmore?

4,457 people in the United States had the surname Fillmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,272 Americans. It ranked 7,473rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fillmore?

Charles J. Fillmore, American linguist (1929-2014), followed by Henry Fillmore.

Where is the surname Fillmore most common?

Wikidata records people named Fillmore in the United States.

Is the surname Fillmore getting more or less common?

More common. 4,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,457 in 2010, up 7.0%.

Is Fillmore also a first name?

Yes. Fillmore is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Fillmore

An English surname, carried by 4,457 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fillmore is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English full (“filled, fertile”) + mere (“lake”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,457 people named Fillmore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,272 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,166.

#7,473

rank among US surnames

4,457

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7%

change since 2000 (was #7,373)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,468	Ruhl	4,462	69,194
#7,470	Cavender	4,460	69,225
#7,472	Calixto	4,458	69,257
#7,473	Peguero	4,457	69,272

Who is named Fillmore

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

81% of people named Fillmore identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fillmores

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles J. Fillmore
American linguist (1929-2014)
Henry Fillmore
American composer (1881–1956)
Charles Sherlock Fillmore
American mystic (1854–1948)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fillmore

Fillmore has the Soundex code F456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F456.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fillmore come from?: From Old English full (“filled, fertile”) + mere (“lake”).
How common is the surname Fillmore?: 4,457 people in the United States had the surname Fillmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,272 Americans. It ranked 7,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fillmore?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Fillmore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fillmore?: Charles J. Fillmore, American linguist (1929-2014), followed by Henry Fillmore.
Where is the surname Fillmore most common?: Wikidata records people named Fillmore in the United States.
Is the surname Fillmore getting more or less common?: More common. 4,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,457 in 2010, up 7.0%.
Is Fillmore also a first name?: Yes. Fillmore is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.