# Fitzmaurice (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,288 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,330 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 134,941 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (2,258 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Fitz- + Maurice.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fitzmaurice 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fitzmaurice in France and the United Kingdom.

## People named Fitzmaurice

- George Fitzmaurice, American film director (1885–1940)
- Gerald Fitzmaurice, British barrister and judge (1901–1982)

## Similar surnames

Fitzsimmons, Fitzsimons.

## 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.