# Culver (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/culver/  
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) | 17,566 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,051 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,576 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (17,231 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Colfer |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Culver 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Culver in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Culver

- Chet Culver, American football player and politician
- Jarrett Culver, American basketball player (born 1999)
- John Culver, American politician (1932-2018)
- Roland Culver, actor (1900-1984)
- Michael Culver, British actor (1938–2024)
- Molly Culver, American actress and model (born 1967)

## Similar surnames

Clover, Clever, Calvert, Culbertson, Culberson, Culbreth, Culbert, Colbert, Clifford, Colburn, Calabrese, Claiborne.

## 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.