Fullerton is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fullerton
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning: The town when cloth is dressed

How popular is Fullerton?

Fullerton is common in United States.

Fullerton is ranked 26091 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fullerton bearers increased by 1.890178 per cent in 2010 US census to 8517 since 2000, the surname slipped by 250 spots and ranked at 4162. The last name was found in around 29 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.73 91.35
Black 6 4.55
Hispanic or Latino 2.11 1.46
Others 1.7 1.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.86 0.62
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 0.53
Fullerton is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Grenada is ahead in terms of density. Around 19546 people have been found who wears Fullerton as their family name. Fullerton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,049 Costa Rica10
4,565 Nicaragua8
823,980 India6
1,346 Bermuda6
184,212 France3
1,118 Isle of Man2
1,777 Jersey2
124,220 Italy2
50,640 Switzerland2
91,784 Netherlands2
20,595 China2
6,353 Panama2
34,681 Norway2
18,718 Thailand2
28,746 Algeria1
24,771 Colombia1
12,741 Ecuador1
113 Falkland Islands1
7,110 Bosnia1
810,193 Indonesia1
53,033 Nigeria1
16,640 Hong Kong1
21,562 Portugal1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
3,243 Suriname1
40,340 Malaysia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
29,046 Japan1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
49,529 Israel1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
364 Grenada47
12,527 Denmark44
2,443 Guyana41
442 Guam39
32,811 Sweden29
1,064 Barbados23
464 Cayman Islands15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Fullerton:
988 Scotland827
516 Jamaica732
558 Northern Ireland584
2,774 New Zealand275
43,536 Germany235
25,955 South Africa219
2,693 Ireland158
8,109 Chile117
1,641 Trinidad and Tobago109
Countries with thousands of Fullerton:
3,780 England1,995
2,667 Canada1,828
2,744 Australia1,127
Countries with ten thousands of Fullerton:
3,684 United States10,864
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Edward Fullerton worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Intrinsic and arrived on November 6, 1848. John Fullerton (20) Workman, Maid Mary Fullerton, Workman William Fullerton, 30 years old Bridget Fullerton, Mary-Anne Fullerton, aged Of unknown age, Immigrant John Fullerton, Farmer William Fullerton, 12 years old John Fullerton, and 19 other Fullerton around 75% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US from Liverpool, Londonderry, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Belfast and Dublin.

Fullerton Namesakes

  • Spencer Fullerton Baird, Museum curator
  • Spencer Fullerton Baird, Museum curator
  • David Fullerton, U.S. representative
  • William Young Fullerton, Writer
  • Curt Fullerton, Baseball player
  • Spencer Fullerton Baird, Museum curator
  • Charlotte Fullerton, Writer
  • Fiona Fullerton, Actress
  • Georgiana Fullerton, Novelist
  • Hugh Fullerton, Writer
  • Owen Fullerton, from 2017 comedy and mystery movie Proof, who played Kenny Young.

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