How common is the surname Culver?

17,566 people in the United States had the surname Culver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,576 Americans. It ranked 2,051st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Culver?

Chet Culver, American football player and politician, followed by Jarrett Culver.

Where is the surname Culver most common?

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

Is the surname Culver getting more or less common?

More common. 17,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,566 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Culver

A surname, carried by 17,566 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Culver is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,566 people named Culver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,576 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,231.

#2,051

rank among US surnames

17,566

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,915)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,042	Crespo	17,629	17,514
#2,043	Calvert	17,619	17,523
#2,044	Corcoran	17,607	17,535
#2,045	Cornejo	17,591	17,551
#2,046	O'Malley	17,588	17,554
#2,047	Albrecht	17,581	17,561
#2,048	Mallory	17,578	17,564

Who is named Culver

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

83% of people named Culver identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
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 Culvers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chet Culver
American football player and politician, born 1966
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)

Notable Culvers come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Colfer

Surnames that sound like Culver

Culver has the Soundex code C416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C416.

Questions

How common is the surname Culver?: 17,566 people in the United States had the surname Culver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,576 Americans. It ranked 2,051st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Culver?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Culver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Culver?: Chet Culver, American football player and politician, followed by Jarrett Culver.
Where is the surname Culver most common?: Wikidata records people named Culver in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Culver getting more or less common?: More common. 17,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,566 in 2010, up 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Culver?: Colfer.