Fulbright — Family Name, Records and Arms

Families named Fulbright share an English surname with a long history. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “descendant of Fulbeorht (people, bright)”. It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.

About 3,056 people in the United States were recorded as Fulbright in 2010, placing it 10,499 on the national list.

If a Fulbright family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. Get the complete Fulbright report, with a museum-style coat of arms.