# Culberson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/culberson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,415 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,520 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 90,409 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (3,183 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Culberson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Culberson in the United States and Sierra Leone.

## People named Culberson

- Charles Allen Culberson, American politician (1855-1925)
- John Culberson, American politician (1956-)
- William Louis Culberson, American lichenologist (1929-2003)
- Sarah Culberson, American activist

## Similar surnames

Culver, Culbertson, Culbreth, Culbert, Culbreath, Colbert, Clifford, Calvert, Colburn, Calabrese, Claiborne, Clapper.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.