# Fulton (surname)

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

An English habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 32,258 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,083 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,571 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (31,513 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfʊltən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Foulden, a village in Norfolk, from Old English fuġol (“bird”) + tūn (“dwelling”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fulton 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fulton in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Fulton

- Robert Fulton, American engineer and inventor (1765–1815)
- Grace Fulton, American actress
- Jay Fulton, association football player
- William S. Fulton, 4th governor of Arkansas Territory (1795-1844)
- William Fulton, American mathematician
- Travis Fulton, American mixed martial artist (1977–2021)
- John Farquhar Fulton, American neurophysiologist and historian of science (1899–1960)
- Margaret Fulton, Australian food writer (1924-2019)
- Robert D. Fulton, American politician (1929–2024)
- Eileen Fulton, American actress (1933–2025)
- Charles William Fulton, American politician (1853–1918)
- Christina Fulton, American actress

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Felton, Feldman, Fielding, Feltner, Feldmann, Feltman, Felten, Folden, Fielden, Flaten.

## 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.