Fuller Surname
Approximately 196,763 people bear this surname
Fuller Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the fuller.' the cloth-bleacher or felter; v. Skeat (Full); also the article on Fuller, Walker, and Tucker in my English Surnames (5th ed).
Gilbert le Fuller, Hertfordshire., 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Read More About This SurnameFuller Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 141,829 | 1:2,556 | 259 |
| England | 23,359 | 1:2,385 | 306 |
| Australia | 12,541 | 1:2,153 | 275 |
| Canada | 5,630 | 1:6,545 | 957 |
| Jamaica | 2,580 | 1:1,112 | 203 |
| South Africa | 2,370 | 1:22,860 | 2,906 |
| New Zealand | 1,412 | 1:3,207 | 482 |
| Philippines | 936 | 1:108,160 | 18,790 |
| Scotland | 518 | 1:10,336 | 1,424 |
| Ireland | 478 | 1:9,851 | 1,305 |
| Wales | 461 | 1:6,713 | 746 |
| Germany | 330 | 1:243,956 | 26,656 |
| Panama | 325 | 1:12,038 | 991 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Belize | 274 | 1:1,297 | 299 |
| Chile | 249 | 1:70,749 | 2,907 |
| Liberia | 239 | 1:18,446 | 1,874 |
| Thailand | 223 | 1:316,764 | 54,578 |
| French Polynesia | 172 | 1:1,633 | 296 |
| Ecuador | 167 | 1:95,245 | 6,085 |
| Northern Ireland | 162 | 1:11,389 | 1,726 |
| Nigeria | 142 | 1:1,247,484 | 49,911 |
| New Caledonia | 135 | 1:2,046 | 184 |
| Spain | 133 | 1:351,519 | 20,096 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 116 | 1:11,758 | 1,597 |
| Mexico | 114 | 1:1,088,826 | 13,775 |
| Dominican Republic | 108 | 1:96,601 | 4,209 |
| Brazil | 107 | 1:2,000,695 | 63,541 |
| Costa Rica | 85 | 1:56,236 | 1,225 |
| Guernsey | 73 | 1:883 | 146 |
| Singapore | 73 | 1:75,448 | 3,146 |
| Netherlands | 71 | 1:237,848 | 31,022 |
| Peru | 68 | 1:467,414 | 13,756 |
| Russia | 62 | 1:2,324,565 | 137,882 |
| India | 60 | 1:12,784,423 | 224,716 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 56 | 1:1,771 | 303 |
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| Iran | 55 | 1:1,396,046 | 56,996 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| Austria | 44 | 1:193,533 | 24,446 |
| Malaysia | 44 | 1:670,323 | 31,889 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Venezuela | 32 | 1:943,877 | 14,561 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Greece | 24 | 1:461,658 | 59,466 |
| Hungary | 24 | 1:409,012 | 27,854 |
| Czechia | 21 | 1:506,356 | 52,868 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 18 | 1:325 | 64 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 16 | 1:6,898 | 1,043 |
| Nicaragua | 15 | 1:401,406 | 3,386 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Hong Kong | 14 | 1:523,963 | 3,360 |
| Japan | 14 | 1:9,131,735 | 44,780 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sudan | 6 | 1:6,251,699 | 8,174 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 1:6,060 | 1,122 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1:30,645,251 | 132,600 |
| Laos | 3 | 1:2,196,108 | 1,879 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1:36,939,785 | 260,488 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1:13,630,784 | 7,358 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 215 | 1:20,604 | 2,387 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11,953 | 1:2,039 | 288 |
| Wales | 85 | 1:18,452 | 1,079 |
| Scotland | 68 | 1:55,047 | 3,627 |
| Jersey | 6 | 1:8,647 | 1,503 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33,181 | 1:1,513 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Füller (2,565), Fullér (206) & Füllér (7) are calculated separately.
Fuller (795) may also be a first name.
Fuller Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the fuller.' the cloth-bleacher or felter; v. Skeat (Full); also the article on Fuller, Walker, and Tucker in my English Surnames (5th ed).
Gilbert le Fuller, Hertfordshire., 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Ambrose le Fullur, Salop, ibid.
From the occupation of 'fuller,' ME. fuller(e), a cloth bleacher. In Latin documents fullo. Andrew Fullo, tenant in Mikilbrekauch, and John Fullo, tenant in Balgirdane, 1376 (RHM., I, p. Ix). Thomas Fullo, burgees of Edinburgh, 1386 (Egidii, p. 24). Now perhaps lost in Fowler.
(English) Fuller (of Cloth) [Middle English fuller(e, O.M. fullere] Mathew le Fullere.—Parl. Writs.
Thou myghtest have learned thy cloth to flocke Upon thy gresy fullers stocke.—‘ Thomas Crumwel ’ (c. 1 54o): Percy’s Reliques.
“Cloth Worker” in Old English.
(English) One who cleaned and thickened cloth.
One who thickens and whitens cloth. The H.R. forms of the name are Le Fuller and Le Fullere, and the latinization Fullo.
One who fulls cloth; a clothier.
Being the name of an employment, comprises, doubtless, families of Norman as well as other origins.
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'fuller', a craftsman in the cloth industry before 17th century. The job of the fuller is the fulling (felted) of a woolen fabric, an operation to bring the fibers closer together, creating a sturdy, waterproof fabric that is less susceptible to shrinkage.
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Fuller Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fuller Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fuller (Arabic: فولير, Hindi: फुल्लेर, Russian: Фуллер) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Füller, Fullér or Füllér. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fuller? popularity and diffusion
Fuller is the 2,847th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 37,037 people. The surname Fuller occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Fuller live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 290,366th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 795 people.
Fuller is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 141,829 people, or 1 in 2,556. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Georgia, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 139 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.
Fuller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fuller has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fuller last name increased 427 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 195 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 762 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 222 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 542 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fuller Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (51%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Fuller last name are 12.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.54% registered with the political party.
The amount Fuller earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.07% less than the national average, earning 273,161 kr per year; in Peru they earn 92.6% more than the national average, earning S/. 37,336 per year; in South Africa they earn 48.19% more than the national average, earning R 352,152 per year; in Colombia they earn 54.71% less than the national average, earning $10,281,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.66% less than the national average, earning $41,570 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.26% more than the national average, earning $50,807 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fuller Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fuller in the Hindi language | ||
| फुल्लेर | phullera | 50 |
| फुलर | phulara | 50 |
| Fuller in the Russian language | ||
| Фуллер | fuller | - |
| Fuller in the Arabic language | ||
| فولير | fwlyr | - |
| فولر | fwlr | - |
| فولار | fwlar | - |
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Fuller Reference & Research
John Fuller of Newton - John Fuller born about 1611 England died 1698, Newton, Massachusetts, USA. Shows his life and some descendants.
John Fuller, of Newton DNA Chart (Haplo Group I1d1) - DNA chart of a settler in New England
Fuller/Fullwood FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Fuller/Fullwood FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
John Fuller of MD FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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