Fuller surname: meaning, census count and records | FamilyCrests

The Fuller surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 106,682 people carried this name — #256 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,530 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Fuller.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often French Polynesia.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 29
French Polynesia 19
Paris 9
Moselle 7
Wallis and Futuna 6
Rhône 2
Yvelines 2
Hauts-de-Seine 1
Var 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

28 people named Fuller live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 11
Basel-Landschaft 5
Valais 5
Bern 4
Vaud 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Fuller in American newspapers,
1892–1921.

Newspaper page from Pierre Weekly Free Press carrying the name Fuller
Pierre Weekly Free Press 1892-11-10
Newspaper page from The Ocala Banner carrying the name Fuller
The Ocala Banner 1904-05-27
Newspaper page from The Sisseton Weekly Standard carrying the name Fuller
The Sisseton Weekly Standard 1910-12-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,281,743 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fuller,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Fuller
    Thomas Fuller 1608–1661 · writer
  • Andrew Fuller
    Andrew Fuller 1754–1815 · writer
  • John Fuller
    John Fuller 1757–1834 · politician
  • Timothy Fuller
    Timothy Fuller 1778–1835 · lawyer
  • Margaret Fuller
    Margaret Fuller 1810–1850 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 149 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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