Fullerton

English

Etymology

From Old English fuglere (“fowler, birdcatcher”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Fullerton (countable and uncountable, plural Fullertons)

1. A small village in Wherwell parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3739).
2. A place in the United States:
   1. A city in Orange County, California.
   2. An unincorporated community in Vernon Parish, Louisiana.
   3. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
   4. A city, the county seat of Nance County, Nebraska.
   5. A township in Nance County, Nebraska.
   6. A minor city in Dickey County, North Dakota.
   7. A census-designated place in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
3. A locality in Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fullerton is the 4,162^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8,517 individuals. Fullerton is most common among White (88.73%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fullerton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 612.

Anagrams

• florulent