How common is the surname Fulk?

4,785 people in the United States had the surname Fulk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,524 Americans. It ranked 7,001st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Fulk getting more or less common?

More common. 4,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,785 in 2010, up 4.0%.

Is Fulk also a first name?

Yes. Fulk is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Fulk

A surname, carried by 4,785 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F420 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fulk is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, variant of Foulk, itself related to the noun folk. * As a German surname, variant of Volk (from the noun Volk (“people”)), Falk (from Falke (“falcon”)).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,785 people named Fulk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,524 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,602.

#7,001

rank among US surnames

4,785

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #6,750)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,995	Gillispie	4,791	64,443
#6,998	Nicely	4,789	64,470
#6,999	Tyndall	4,786	64,510
#7,001	Fulk	4,785	64,524
#7,004	Southworth	4,783	64,551
#7,005	Sheehy	4,782	64,564

Who is named Fulk

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

95% of people named Fulk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fulk

Fulk has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

Questions

Where does the surname Fulk come from?: * As an English surname, variant of Foulk, itself related to the noun folk. * As a German surname, variant of Volk (from the noun Volk (“people”)), Falk (from Falke (“falcon”)).
How common is the surname Fulk?: 4,785 people in the United States had the surname Fulk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,524 Americans. It ranked 7,001st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fulk?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fulk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Fulk getting more or less common?: More common. 4,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,785 in 2010, up 4.0%.
Is Fulk also a first name?: Yes. Fulk is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.