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    The surname Cullum

    A surname, carried by 4,435 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C450

    Cullum: #7,508 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cullum #7,508, 4,435 people Cullum: #7,508 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cullum #7,508, 4,435 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cullum is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,435 people named Cullum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,616 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,258.

    #7,508
    rank among US surnames
    4,435
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #7,224)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,502Espiritu4,43869,569
    #7,504Cureton4,43769,584
    #7,505Korte4,43669,600
    #7,508Cullum4,43569,616
    #7,511Seger4,43469,631
    #7,512More4,43269,663

    Who is named Cullum

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

    84% of people named Cullum identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cullums

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Cullum
      American actor, director and singer (born 1930)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cullum

    Cullum has the Soundex code C450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cullum?
    4,435 people in the United States had the surname Cullum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,616 Americans. It ranked 7,508th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cullum?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Cullum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cullum?
    John Cullum, American actor, director and singer (born 1930).
    Where is the surname Cullum most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cullum in the United States.
    Is the surname Cullum getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,435 in 2010, up 4.2%.