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    The surname Culwell

    A surname, carried by 1,459 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C440

    Culwell: #18,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Culwell #18,786, 1,459 people Culwell: #18,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Culwell #18,786, 1,459 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Culwell is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,459 people named Culwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,614 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,426.

    #18,786
    rank among US surnames
    1,459
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,034)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,778Quinney1,460211,470
    #18,786Weisenberger1,459211,614
    #18,793Cort1,458211,760

    Who is named Culwell

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

    91% of people named Culwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Culwell

    Culwell has the Soundex code C440, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C440.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Culwell?
    1,459 people in the United States had the surname Culwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,614 Americans. It ranked 18,786th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Culwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Culwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Culwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,459 in 2010, up 2.3%.