# Fuller (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fuller/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation, originally for someone who fulls cloth.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 110,116 |
| US rank (2010) | 281 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,804 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (106,682 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfʊ.ləɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From fuller.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fuller in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fuller in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and Austria.

## People named Fuller

- Buckminster Fuller, American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)
- Margaret Fuller, American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)
- Samuel Fuller, American screenwriter, actor and film director (1912–1997)
- Loïe Fuller, American dancer (1862–1928)
- Drew Fuller, American actor and former male model
- J. F. C. Fuller, British Army general (1878-1966)
- Kurt Fuller, American actor (born 1953)
- Simon Fuller, British entrepreneur, artist manager, and film and television producer
- Bryan Fuller, American screenwriter and television producer
- Blind Boy Fuller, American blues guitarist and singer
- Curtis Fuller, American jazz musician (1932–2021)
- Robert Fuller, actor from the United States

and 29 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Feller, Fleury, Faller, Filer, Filler, Fowler, Flora, Flory, Florio, Flower, Flohr, Flor.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.