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    The surname Fulbright

    A German surname, carried by 3,056 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F416

    Fulbright: #10,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fulbright #10,499, 3,056 people Fulbright: #10,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fulbright #10,499, 3,056 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fulbright is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanized form of German Vollbrecht.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,056 people named Fulbright in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,029 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,991.

    #10,499
    rank among US surnames
    3,056
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,953)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,491Garth3,059100,930
    #10,498Chatfield3,057100,996
    #10,499Fulbright3,056101,029
    #10,505Zeno3,055101,062

    Who is named Fulbright

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

    82% of people named Fulbright identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fulbrights

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • J. William Fulbright
      American politician (1905–1995)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Fullbright

    Fulbright has the Soundex code F416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F416.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fulbright come from?
    Americanized form of German Vollbrecht.
    How common is the surname Fulbright?
    3,056 people in the United States had the surname Fulbright in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,029 Americans. It ranked 10,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fulbright?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Fulbright identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fulbright?
    J. William Fulbright, American politician (1905–1995).
    Where is the surname Fulbright most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fulbright in the United States.
    Is the surname Fulbright getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,991 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,056 in 2010, up 2.2%.
    What are other spellings of Fulbright?
    Fullbright.