# Cullop (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cullop/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 616 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,337 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 501,210 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (612 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English colhope (“fried eggs and ham or bacon”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for an innkeeper or cook.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cullop in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Culp, Colby, Clapp, Calvo, Cluff, Clubb, Cliff, Calfee, Calva, Claffey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.