Explore the Family Name Fulghum

The meaning of Fulghum

English: variant of Foulsham (see Folsom). This form is found mainly in NC, GA, and TN.

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How common is the last name Fulghum in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Fulghum" slightly decreased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Fulghum was ranked 14,871st in terms of popularity and rose to the 14,995th spot in 2010, marking a small decrease of 0.83%. However, the count of individuals with this surname increased by 7.83% during the same decade, growing from 1,827 in 2000 to 1,970 in 2010. Despite this growth in count, the proportion of the Fulghum surname per 100k people saw a minor drop of 1.47%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#14,871	#14,995	-0.83%
Count	1,827	1,970	7.83%
Proportion per 100k	0.68	0.67	-1.47%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fulghum

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows diverse changes between 2000 and 2010. The number of White individuals with the Fulghum surname slightly decreased by 2.22%, going from 93.65% in 2000 to 91.57% in 2010. Notably, there was a significant increase in the Hispanic representation from 0.99% to 2.08%, marking a change of 110.10%. Both Black and Two or more races categories also experienced increases in representation within the Fulghum surname holders, with the former rising by 4.99% and the latter by 64.94%. For the first time in 2010, the Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories were represented, though at relatively low percentages, with both having been suppressed (S) in the 2000 data for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.65%	91.57%	-2.22%
Black	4.21%	4.42%	4.99%
Hispanic	0.99%	2.08%	110.1%
Two or More Races	0.77%	1.27%	64.94%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.41%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.25%	0%