# Fitzgerald (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fitzgerald/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Hiberno-Norman surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 75,356 |
| US rank (2010) | 430 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,097 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (73,522 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /fɪtsˈd͡ʒɛɹəld/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Fitz- + Gerald.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fitzgerald in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fitzgerald in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Fitzgerald

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (1896–1940)
- Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz singer (1917–1996)
- Zelda Fitzgerald, American writer (1900–1948)
- Willa Fitzgerald, American actress (born 1991)
- John Fitzgerald, Australian tennis player
- Michael Fitzgerald, British Catholic cardinal (born 1937)
- Caitlin FitzGerald, American actress (born 1983)
- Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, American hurdler (born 1961)
- Peter Fitzgerald, American politician
- Larry Fitzgerald, American football player (born 1983)
- Edward Fitzgerald, American ice hockey player
- Joseph Fitzgerald, American ice hockey player (1904–1987)

and 21 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Fetzer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.