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    The surname Cuyler

    A surname, carried by 1,477 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C460

    Cuyler: #18,633 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cuyler #18,633, 1,477 people Cuyler: #18,633 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cuyler #18,633, 1,477 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cuyler is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,477 people named Cuyler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,036 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,307.

    #18,633
    rank among US surnames
    1,477
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13%
    change since 2000 (was #19,208)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,633Cuyler1,477209,036
    #18,640Nees1,476209,177

    Who is named Cuyler

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

    61% of people named Cuyler identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 61%
    • White (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Cuylers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kiki Cuyler
      American baseball player and coach, 1898–1950

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cuyler

    Cuyler has the Soundex code C460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cuyler?
    1,477 people in the United States had the surname Cuyler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,036 Americans. It ranked 18,633rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cuyler?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Cuyler identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cuyler?
    Kiki Cuyler, American baseball player and coach.
    Where is the surname Cuyler most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cuyler in the United States.
    Is the surname Cuyler getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,477 in 2010, up 13%.