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The surname Cull

A surname, carried by 2,133 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C400

Cull: #14,093 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cull #14,093, 2,133 people Cull: #14,093 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cull #14,093, 2,133 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cull is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,133 people named Cull in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,747 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,079.

#14,093
rank among US surnames
2,133
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+2.6%
change since 2000 (was #13,429)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,084Youngberg2,135144,611
#14,090Cumbie2,134144,679
#14,093Cull2,133144,747
#14,096Vanpatten2,132144,815

Who is named Cull

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

90% of people named Cull identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cull

Cull has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

Questions

How common is the surname Cull?
2,133 people in the United States had the surname Cull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,747 Americans. It ranked 14,093rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cull?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Cull identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cull getting more or less common?
More common. 2,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,133 in 2010, up 2.6%.