How common is the surname Fuller?

110,116 people in the United States had the surname Fuller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,804 Americans. It ranked 281st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fuller?

Buckminster Fuller, American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983), followed by Margaret Fuller.

Where is the surname Fuller most common?

Wikidata records people named Fuller in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Fuller?

Fuller is /ˈfʊ.ləɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Fuller getting more or less common?

More common. 106,682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 110,116 in 2010, up 3.2%.

Is Fuller also a first name?

Yes. Fuller 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 Fuller

An occupational surname, carried by 110,116 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfʊ.ləɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex F460 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). Fuller is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

From fuller.

Fuller is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 110,116 people named Fuller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,804 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 106,682.

#281

rank among US surnames

110,116

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #256)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#272	Howell	112,041	2,756
#273	Li	111,786	2,762
#274	Wong	111,371	2,772
#275	Reid	111,360	2,772
#276	Hanson	111,144	2,778
#277	Le	110,967	2,782
#278	McCoy	110,744	2,788

Who is named Fuller

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

73% of people named Fuller identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fullers

41 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1980
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, born 1960
Bryan Fuller
American screenwriter and television producer, born 1969
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer, 1907–1941
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician (1932–2021)
Robert Fuller
Actor from the United States, born 1933

Notable Fullers come mostly from the United States (37), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Fuller

Fuller has the Soundex code F460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F460.

Questions

Where does the surname Fuller come from?: From fuller.
How common is the surname Fuller?: 110,116 people in the United States had the surname Fuller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,804 Americans. It ranked 281st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fuller?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Fuller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fuller?: Buckminster Fuller, American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983), followed by Margaret Fuller.
Where is the surname Fuller most common?: Wikidata records people named Fuller in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Fuller?: Fuller is /ˈfʊ.ləɹ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Fuller?: Fuller is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Fuller getting more or less common?: More common. 106,682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 110,116 in 2010, up 3.2%.
Is Fuller also a first name?: Yes. Fuller 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.