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    The surname Fulmore

    A surname, carried by 1,639 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F456

    Fulmore: #17,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fulmore #17,274, 1,639 people Fulmore: #17,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fulmore #17,274, 1,639 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fulmore is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,639 people named Fulmore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,532.

    #17,274
    rank among US surnames
    1,639
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,087)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,268Houchens1,640188,259
    #17,274Dorey1,639188,374
    #17,283Semon1,638188,489

    Who is named Fulmore

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

    86% of people named Fulmore identified as Black (not Hispanic), 8.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 86%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fulmore

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fulmore?
    1,639 people in the United States had the surname Fulmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. It ranked 17,274th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fulmore?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Fulmore identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fulmore getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,639 in 2010, up 7.0%.