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    The surname Culpepper

    An English surname, carried by 10,135 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C411

    Culpepper: #3,521 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Culpepper #3,521, 10,135 people Culpepper: #3,521 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Culpepper #3,521, 10,135 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Culpepper is more common than 97.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English Coulpeper, Cullepeper, equivalent to cull (“to cull, gather”) + pepper, i.e. ("spice-gatherer").

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,135 people named Culpepper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,463 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,061.

    #3,521
    rank among US surnames
    10,135
    people in 2010
    3.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,260)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,516Lindberg10,14930,421
    #3,517Valdovinos10,14730,427
    #3,518Colwell10,14030,448
    #3,521Culpepper10,13530,463

    Who is named Culpepper

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

    72% of people named Culpepper identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Culpeppers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Randy Culpepper
      American basketball player (born 1989)

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Culpepper come from?
    From Middle English Coulpeper, Cullepeper, equivalent to cull (“to cull, gather”) + pepper, i.e. ("spice-gatherer").
    How common is the surname Culpepper?
    10,135 people in the United States had the surname Culpepper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,463 Americans. It ranked 3,521st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Culpepper?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Culpepper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Culpepper?
    Randy Culpepper, American basketball player (born 1989).
    Where is the surname Culpepper most common?
    Wikidata records people named Culpepper in the United States.
    Is the surname Culpepper getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,135 in 2010, up 0.7%.