How common is the surname Fullen?

2,445 people in the United States had the surname Fullen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,276 Americans. It ranked 12,652nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Fullen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,445 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Fullen

A surname, carried by 2,445 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fullen is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

English surname, variant of Fuller; also a French surname, from the noun foulon (“fuller”), from the same ultimate source.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,445 people named Fullen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,276 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,157.

#12,652

rank among US surnames

2,445

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+13.4%

change since 2000 (was #13,031)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,644	Konopka	2,447	126,173
#12,649	Calero	2,446	126,225
#12,652	Fullen	2,445	126,276
#12,656	Houghtaling	2,444	126,328
#12,659	Rayfield	2,443	126,380
#12,661	Basquez	2,442	126,431

Who is named Fullen

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

82% of people named Fullen identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
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 Fullen

Fallen

Fullen has the Soundex code F450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F450.

Questions

Where does the surname Fullen come from?: English surname, variant of Fuller; also a French surname, from the noun foulon (“fuller”), from the same ultimate source.
How common is the surname Fullen?: 2,445 people in the United States had the surname Fullen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,276 Americans. It ranked 12,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fullen?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Fullen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Fullen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,445 in 2010, up 13%.