Fulkner Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Fulkner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fulkner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States551:913,06755,053

Fulkner Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fulkner Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Fulkner is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Fulkner click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fulkner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Fulkner reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Fulkner is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 8,054,643. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 16 percent reside, Alabama, where 11 percent reside and Nebraska, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Fulkner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fulkner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fulkner last name decreased 18 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fulkner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fulkner last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Fulkner earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.28% less than the national average, earning $29,654 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fulkner
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