The Fulcher surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,745 people carried this name — #5,182 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,521 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Fulcher surname

A surname transferred from the given name, most common in East Anglia.

From a medieval English given name of Germanic origin, cognate to modern German Volker.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Folker’.

An early record he cites: Johannes Fowcher, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Fulcher, Fulker, Folkard, Foulger and Folger.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 302 · public domain.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 29 people named Fulcher.

Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Guadeloupe.

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

Where they were born

Guadeloupe 22
Val-de-Marne 3
Paris 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 1
Val-d’Oise 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Fulcher was found among the farmers of Suffolk: 11 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Suffolk 11

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Fulcher in American newspapers,
1904–1908.

Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Fulcher
The Hattiesburg News 1908-11-04
Newspaper page from Fergus County Argus carrying the name Fulcher
Fergus County Argus 1904-04-27
Newspaper page from Macon Beacon carrying the name Fulcher
Macon Beacon 1906-02-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,151 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fulcher in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,716 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fulcher. The most, 276, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 1,057
New South Wales 189
Victoria 145
Western Australia 125
South Australia 101
ACT (Canberra) 51
Tasmania 44

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

Who carried it

People named Fulcher,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Fulcher d. 1803 · carpenter
  • Elizabeth Fulcher d. 1931
  • Louis Auguste Fulcher de Monistrol 1774–1846 · military officer
  • Arthur Fulcher 1855–1932 · cricketer
  • Arthur Fulcher 1855–1932 · cricketer
  • George Avis Fulcher 1922–1984 · Catholic priest

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fulcher,
in the records of 5 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 States489 records

489 records of the Fulcher name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 252
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 94
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 76
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 25
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Noah T. Fulcher

    Born 1925 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bragg; farm hand from Craven County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at New Bern National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Henry Fulcher

    Born 1946; from Arlington, Virginia. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1966 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Fulcher

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Egypt from Liverpool, aged 51; laborer. From London, England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 489 records for Fulcher in the United States.

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

Australia131 records

131 records of the Fulcher name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 62
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 36
  • Tasmanian Names Index 15
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 13
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  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 John Fulcher

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Sir Robert Peel, sailing from London in 1844. Native of Norwich, Norfolk. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1849. Married 1849 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Benjamin Fulcher

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Norfolk, aged 27; English.

    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 James M. Fulcher

    Bricklayer of Echuca, Victoria; died 1871.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 131 records for Fulcher in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom13 records

13 records of the Fulcher 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 P. Fulcher

    King's (Liverpool 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 B. W. Fulcher

    Dyal Field Artillery. 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 H. G. Fulcher

    Durham Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 13 records for Fulcher in the United Kingdom.

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).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Fulcher name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Hutta Fulcher

    Died 1930; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. 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 John Arthur Fulcher

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Thomas Fulcher

    Married 1794 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Fulcher in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France4 records

4 records of the Fulcher name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Berthe Mariane Fulcher

    Born 1962 in Pointe-à-Pitre; died 2000 in Les Abymes (Guadeloupe).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record France Albert Michel Fulcher

    Born 1956 in Pointe-à-Pitre; died 1992 in Les Abymes (Guadeloupe).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Maximilienne Cornelie Fulcher

    Born 1923 in Pointe-à-Pitre; died 2001 in Les Abymes (Guadeloupe).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Fulcher in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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