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    The surname Fluellen

    A surname, carried by 2,074 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F445

    Fluellen: #14,409 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fluellen #14,409, 2,074 people Fluellen: #14,409 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fluellen #14,409, 2,074 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fluellen is more common than 91.1% of them.

    Origin

    Anglicization of the Welsh name Llywelyn.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,074 people named Fluellen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,865 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,875.

    #14,409
    rank among US surnames
    2,074
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.6%
    change since 2000 (was #14,567)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,405Jared2,075148,793
    #14,409Ridgley2,074148,865

    Who is named Fluellen

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

    91% of people named Fluellen identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fluellen

    Fluellen has the Soundex code F445, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F445.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fluellen come from?
    Anglicization of the Welsh name Llywelyn.
    How common is the surname Fluellen?
    2,074 people in the United States had the surname Fluellen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,865 Americans. It ranked 14,409th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fluellen?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Fluellen identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fluellen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,875 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,074 in 2010, up 11%.