How common is the surname Cureton?

4,437 people in the United States had the surname Cureton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,584 Americans. It ranked 7,504th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cureton?

Earl Cureton, American basketball player (1957–2024), followed by Ben Cureton.

Where is the surname Cureton most common?

Wikidata records people named Cureton in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Cureton?

Cureton is /ˈkjʊɹ.tən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cureton getting more or less common?

More common. 4,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,437 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Cureton

A surname, carried by 4,437 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkjʊɹ.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex C635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cureton is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,437 people named Cureton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,584 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,281.

#7,504

rank among US surnames

4,437

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,190)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,497	Ressler	4,442	69,506
#7,500	Jiles	4,441	69,522
#7,502	Espiritu	4,438	69,569
#7,504	Cureton	4,437	69,584
#7,505	Korte	4,436	69,600
#7,508	Cullum	4,435	69,616

Who is named Cureton

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

51% of people named Cureton identified as Black (not Hispanic), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 51%
White (not Hispanic) 43%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Curetons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Earl Cureton
American basketball player (1957–2024)
Ben Cureton
Australian rower, born 1981

Notable Curetons come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cureton

Cureton has the Soundex code C635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C635.

Questions

How common is the surname Cureton?: 4,437 people in the United States had the surname Cureton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,584 Americans. It ranked 7,504th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cureton?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Cureton identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cureton?: Earl Cureton, American basketball player (1957–2024), followed by Ben Cureton.
Where is the surname Cureton most common?: Wikidata records people named Cureton in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Cureton?: Cureton is /ˈkjʊɹ.tən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Cureton getting more or less common?: More common. 4,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,437 in 2010, up 3.6%.