# Culp (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,081 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,756 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,603 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (13,035 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Culp 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Culp in the United States.

## People named Culp

- Robert Culp, American actor (1930–2010)
- Steven Culp, American film and television actor (born 1955)
- Joseph Culp, American actor
- Connie Culp, American face transplant recipient (1963-2020)
- Curley Culp, American football player (1946–2021)

## Similar surnames

Cullop, 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.