How common is the surname Culley?

3,522 people in the United States had the surname Culley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,662 Americans. It ranked 9,241st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Culley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,522 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Culley

An Irish surname, carried by 3,522 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Culley is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Cully.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,522 people named Culley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,662 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,273.

#9,241

rank among US surnames

3,522

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,163)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,234	Porto	3,526	87,563
#9,236	Trader	3,525	87,587
#9,237	Bennet	3,523	87,637
#9,241	Kost	3,522	87,662
#9,245	Kinsman	3,521	87,687

Who is named Culley

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

83% of people named Culley identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Culley

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Culley come from?: Variant of Cully.
How common is the surname Culley?: 3,522 people in the United States had the surname Culley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,662 Americans. It ranked 9,241st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Culley?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Culley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Culley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,522 in 2010, up 7.6%.