# Kula (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kula/  
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 | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,012 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,631 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 102,505 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (2,190 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* Slavic origin: as a Czech, Polish, and Slovak surname, see Polish kula (“ball”). * Also as a Czech surname, shortened from Mikuláš, the Czech form of Nicholas. * As a Jewish Belarusian surname, from the placename Kulya.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kula 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Kuhl, Kaul, Kull, Kelly, Kelley, Kyle, Kohl, Keel, Kiley, Keil, Keeley, Kahl.

## 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.