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    The surname Fugate

    A surname, carried by 10,375 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F230

    Fugate: #3,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fugate #3,441, 10,375 people Fugate: #3,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fugate #3,441, 10,375 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fugate is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,375 people named Fugate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,759 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,055.

    #3,441
    rank among US surnames
    10,375
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,263)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,432Chao10,39829,693
    #3,433Rand10,39729,696
    #3,434Anglin10,39629,698
    #3,436Severson10,39129,713
    #3,437Comstock10,39029,716
    #3,439Hubert10,38029,744
    #3,440Grantham10,37929,747

    Who is named Fugate

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

    91% of people named Fugate identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fugates

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Caril Ann Fugate
      American spree killer, born 1943
    • Katherine Fugate
      American screenwriter and producer, born 1962

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fugate

    Fugate has the Soundex code F230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fugate?
    10,375 people in the United States had the surname Fugate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,759 Americans. It ranked 3,441st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fugate?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Fugate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fugate?
    Caril Ann Fugate, American spree killer, followed by Katherine Fugate.
    Where is the surname Fugate most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fugate in the United States.
    Is the surname Fugate getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,375 in 2010, up 3.2%.