Explore the Family Name Full

The meaning of Full

1. English: from Middle English ful ‘full’ (Old English full), perhaps in the sense ‘plump, fleshy’. 2. German (also Füll): perhaps a shortened form of a surname beginning with Full- or Füll-. Compare Fuell. 3. In North America, this surname may also be a shortened and altered form of any of several German compound surnames beginning with Voll-.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname 'Full' has seen a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname dropped from 30791 to 34707, marking a change of -12.72%. The count, which refers to the number of people with this surname, also decreased from 714 to 651, demonstrating a change of -8.82%. The proportion of people with the 'Full' surname per 100,000 also saw a decrease of -15.38%, moving from 0.26 in 2000 to 0.22 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,791	#34,707	-12.72%
Count	714	651	-8.82%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.22	-15.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Full

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows various shifts among those bearing the surname 'Full'. Between 2000 and 2010, there was a decrease of -24.18% in the Asian/Pacific Islander category and a decrease of -24.55% in the Black category. The White category saw a slight increase of 0.44%, rising from 94.82% to 95.24%. Notably, there was no recorded data for the 'Two or more races' or 'American Indian and Alaskan Native' categories for both years. However, the Hispanic category, which had no data in 2000, registered a 0.92% presence in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.82%	95.24%	0.44%
Black	2.24%	1.69%	-24.55%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.82%	1.38%	-24.18%
Hispanic	0%	0.92%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%