# Fuqua (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,312 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,274 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,145 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (8,031 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fuqua 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) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fuqua in the United States.

## People named Fuqua

- Antoine Fuqua, American film director
- Harvey Fuqua, American musician, record producer (1929–2010)
- Don Fuqua, American politician
- Henry L. Fuqua, American politician (1865–1926); Governor of Louisiana, 1924-1926

## Similar surnames

Fox, Fish, Foss, Fuchs, Fisk, Fusco, Fazio, Fike, Fogg, Fix, Fick, Fiske.

## 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.