How common is the surname Cullinan?

2,292 people in the United States had the surname Cullinan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. It ranked 13,306th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cullinan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cullinan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Cullinan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,292 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Cullinan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,292 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cullinan is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuilleannáin (“descendant of Cuilleannán”), a personal name deriving from a diminutive form of cuileann (“holly”).

Cullinan 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 2,292 people named Cullinan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,192.

#13,306

rank among US surnames

2,292

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,868)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,297	Pruneda	2,294	134,588
#13,300	Golla	2,293	134,647
#13,306	Kennell	2,292	134,706

Who is named Cullinan

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

95% of people named Cullinan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Cullinane

Surnames that sound like Cullinan

Cullinane

Cullinan has the Soundex code C455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C455.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cullinan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuilleannáin (“descendant of Cuilleannán”), a personal name deriving from a diminutive form of cuileann (“holly”).
How common is the surname Cullinan?: 2,292 people in the United States had the surname Cullinan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. It ranked 13,306th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cullinan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cullinan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Cullinan?: Cullinan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Cullinan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,292 in 2010, up 4.6%.
What are other spellings of Cullinan?: Cullinane.