How common is the surname Culligan?

1,222 people in the United States had the surname Culligan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. It ranked 21,403rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Culligan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Culligan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Culligan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,222 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Culligan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,222 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Culligan is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized from Irish Ó Cuilleagain (“descendant of Colgan”), a personal name derived from coll (“hazel tree”).

Culligan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 1,222 people named Culligan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,183.

#21,403

rank among US surnames

1,222

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,763)

Who is named Culligan

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

94% of people named Culligan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Culligan

Culligan has the Soundex code C425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C425.

Other Irish surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Culligan come from?: Anglicized from Irish Ó Cuilleagain (“descendant of Colgan”), a personal name derived from coll (“hazel tree”).
How common is the surname Culligan?: 1,222 people in the United States had the surname Culligan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. It ranked 21,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Culligan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Culligan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Culligan?: Culligan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Culligan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,222 in 2010, up 3.3%.