How common is the surname Culbreath?

2,340 people in the United States had the surname Culbreath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,943 Americans. It ranked 13,101st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Culbreath?

Josh Culbreath, American hurdler (1932-2021).

Where is the surname Culbreath most common?

Wikidata records people named Culbreath in the United States.

Is the surname Culbreath getting more or less common?

More common. 2,181 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,340 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Culbreath

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,340 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Culbreath is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of Galbraith.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,340 people named Culbreath in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,943 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,181.

#13,101

rank among US surnames

2,340

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,919)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,096	Highland	2,342	131,830
#13,099	Lipford	2,341	131,886
#13,101	Vansant	2,340	131,943
#13,107	Glowacki	2,339	131,999
#13,109	Pabst	2,338	132,055

Who is named Culbreath

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

59% of people named Culbreath identified as Black (not Hispanic), 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 59%
White (not Hispanic) 35%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Culbreaths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josh Culbreath
American hurdler (1932-2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Culbreath

Culbreath has the Soundex code C416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C416.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Culbreath come from?: Variant of Galbraith.
How common is the surname Culbreath?: 2,340 people in the United States had the surname Culbreath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,943 Americans. It ranked 13,101st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Culbreath?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Culbreath identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Culbreath?: Josh Culbreath, American hurdler (1932-2021).
Where is the surname Culbreath most common?: Wikidata records people named Culbreath in the United States.
Is the surname Culbreath getting more or less common?: More common. 2,181 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,340 in 2010, up 7.3%.