The Fillmore surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,457 people carried this name — #7,473 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,166 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Fillmore surname

From Old English full (“filled, fertile”) + mere (“lake”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fillmore» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 26 people named Fillmore live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 26

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Fillmore in American newspapers,
1852–1856.

Newspaper page from Dollar Weekly Mirror carrying the name Fillmore
Dollar Weekly Mirror 1852-06-26
Newspaper page from Dollar Weekly Mirror carrying the name Fillmore
Dollar Weekly Mirror 1856-11-08
Newspaper page from Sugar Planter carrying the name Fillmore
Sugar Planter 1856-10-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Fillmore in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,078 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fillmore. The most, 236, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 4.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 648
New South Wales 166
Victoria 123
Tasmania 72
Queensland 37
Western Australia 16
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fillmore.

Who carried it

People named Fillmore,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nathaniel Fillmore
    Nathaniel Fillmore 1771–1863 · farmer
  • Abigail Fillmore
    Abigail Fillmore 1798–1853 · politician
  • Millard Fillmore
    Millard Fillmore 1800–1874 · lawyer
  • Caroline C. Fillmore
    Caroline C. Fillmore 1813–1881
  • Luther Fillmore 1749–1809 · soldier
  • Cyrus Fillmore 1756–1846

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fillmore,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States289 records

289 records of the Fillmore name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 130
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 48
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 28
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 18
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald Richard Fillmore

    Born 1946; from San Francisco, California. U.S. Army, medical specialist; died in an accident 1967 in South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Earl L. Fillmore

    Born 1921 in Idaho. Enlisted 1942 at Boise; warehouseman from Gem County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bess Fillmore

    Arrived at New York in 1850 aboard the Esmeralda from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 289 records for Fillmore in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada308 records

308 records of the Fillmore name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 294
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Murray Fillmore

    Buried in 1954 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 70.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mabel Lillian Fillmore

    Died 1968 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Russell Edward Fillmore

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 308 records for Fillmore in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Fillmore name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 10
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Frances Fillmore

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Woodbridge, sailing from London in 1843. Native of Rochester, Kent.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Doris Fillmore

    Retired tailoress of Prahran, Victoria; died 1965.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George A. B. Fillmore

    Gentleman of Kensington, Victoria; died 1946.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Fillmore in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Fillmore name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Fillmore

    Royal Sussex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. S. Fillmore

    Rifle Brigade. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. P. Fillmore

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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