How common is the surname Fulmer?

9,570 people in the United States had the surname Fulmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,262 Americans. It ranked 3,708th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fulmer?

Michael Fulmer, American baseball player (born 1993).

Where is the surname Fulmer most common?

Wikidata records people named Fulmer in the United States.

Is the surname Fulmer getting more or less common?

More common. 9,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,570 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Fulmer

An English surname, carried by 9,570 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fulmer is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English fugol (“wild fowl”) + mere (“pond”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,570 people named Fulmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,262 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,422.

#3,708

rank among US surnames

9,570

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,465)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,699	Fiore	9,606	32,141
#3,701	Bivens	9,603	32,151
#3,702	Frick	9,597	32,171
#3,704	Ong	9,584	32,215
#3,705	Madera	9,583	32,218
#3,706	Taveras	9,580	32,228
#3,707	Wei	9,578	32,235

Who is named Fulmer

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

94% of people named Fulmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fulmers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Fulmer
American baseball player (born 1993)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fulmer

Fulmer has the Soundex code F456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F456.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fulmer come from?: From Old English fugol (“wild fowl”) + mere (“pond”).
How common is the surname Fulmer?: 9,570 people in the United States had the surname Fulmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,262 Americans. It ranked 3,708th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fulmer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fulmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fulmer?: Michael Fulmer, American baseball player (born 1993).
Where is the surname Fulmer most common?: Wikidata records people named Fulmer in the United States.
Is the surname Fulmer getting more or less common?: More common. 9,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,570 in 2010, up 1.6%.