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    The surname Culliton

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 613 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C435

    Culliton: #36,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Culliton #36,477, 613 people Culliton: #36,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Culliton #36,477, 613 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Culliton is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Codlatáin (“descendant of Codlatán”), a nickname derived from codlatán (“sleeper, sleepy-head”).

    Culliton 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 613 people named Culliton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 503,663 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 512.

    #36,477
    rank among US surnames
    613
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.7%
    change since 2000 (was #40,265)

    Who is named Culliton

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

    93% of people named Culliton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Culliton

    Culliton has the Soundex code C435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C435.

    Other Irish surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Culliton come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Codlatáin (“descendant of Codlatán”), a nickname derived from codlatán (“sleeper, sleepy-head”).
    How common is the surname Culliton?
    613 people in the United States had the surname Culliton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 503,663 Americans. It ranked 36,477th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Culliton?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Culliton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Culliton?
    Culliton is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Culliton getting more or less common?
    More common. 512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 613 in 2010, up 20%.