How common is the last name Fulton?

30,773 people in the United States have the last name Fulton, about 1 in 9,713. It ranks #1,118 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FULTON

#1,118

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
30,773
About
1 in 9,713
This common or more
41%
Who bears it

Of the 30,773 people with the last name Fulton, 68.6% reported their origin as White, 21.9% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Fulton

#1,116 Valle · 30,968#1,117 Sears · 30,821#1,119 Winter · 30,758#1,120 Muniz · 30,731

Also a first name

As a first name, Fulton ranks #10,046 of 53,615, with 1,347 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 73 births. See Fulton as a first name

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