# Cully (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cully/  
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 Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,337 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,019 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 230,924 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.6% (1,359 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Culley |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Colla (“descendant of Colla”), a personal name of unknown origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cully 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 5.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cully in the United States.

## People named Cully

- Zara Cully, actress (1892-1978)

## Similar surnames

Colley, Cauley, Culley, Cull, Cuello, Ciulla, Cole, Clay, Cooley, Cahill, Coyle, Calloway.

## 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.