Fulter Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Fulter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fulter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

The alternate forms: Fülter (1) are calculated separately.

Fulter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fulter is found most in The United States. It can occur as a variant: Fülter. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fulter? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,602,217th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Fulter live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Fulter is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 20,136,607. In The United States Fulter is most common in: California, where 33 percent are found, Arkansas, where 28 percent are found and New York, where 11 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 37 percent are found and Mauritania, where 3 percent are found.

Fulter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fulter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 120 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fulter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fulter last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Fulter earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fülter941/
Faulter9229/
Fulther9211/
Foulter928/
Fulte91111/
Foultier86217/
Folter83167/
Vulter8343/
Foulte8315/
Fulthe831/
Fultes831/
Fultez830/
Fultge830/
Foltier77387/
Vultier7789/
Vaulter7742/
Voulter774/
Fulthes772/
Fulthey771/
Foolter770/
Foultre770/
Folte7393/
Vulte7321/
Fulta7316/
Fulti7311/
Fulty733/
Vaultier71577/
Voultier711/
Faucelte710/
Foltea67424/
Foulta67164/
Vultee6768/
Faulty675/
Faulta671/
Fultaj671/
Foulty670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Fulter
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