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Fullwood Name Meaning

English (Midlands): habitational name from a lost place called Fulwood near Clay Hall in Tanworth in Arden Warwickshire or from one or more of the other places so called such as Fulwood in Ecclesall (Yorkshire) Fulwood (Lancashire) Fulwood in Sutton in Ashfield (Nottinghamshire) and Fullwood Farm in Hulland (Derbyshire). From Old English fūl ‘dirty muddy’ + wudu ‘wood’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Fulford, Smallwood, Elwood, Garwood, Linwood, Hopwood, Southwood

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Where is the Fullwood family from?

You can see how Fullwood families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Fullwood family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Fullwood families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 257 Fullwood families living in Staffordshire. This was about 48% of all the recorded Fullwood's in United Kingdom. Staffordshire had the highest population of Fullwood families in 1891.
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What did your Fullwood ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Colliery Hewer and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Fullwood. 13% of Fullwood men worked as a Colliery Hewer and 76% of Fullwood women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Fullwood were Sheet Mill Roller and Unpaid Domestic. .

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Colliery Hewer
    13%
  • General Labourer
    11%
  • Coal Hewer Heavy Worker
    9%
  • Sheet Mill Roller
    7%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    76%
  • Domestic Duties
    3%
  • Unpaid Domestic Dut
    3%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    3%
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What is the average Fullwood lifespan?

Between 1940 and 2004, in the United States, Fullwood life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1940, and highest in 1966. The average life expectancy for Fullwood in 1940 was 30, and 78 in 2004.

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