# Kulig (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kulig/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Polish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Polish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,118 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,892 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 276,159 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (1,042 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Polish Kulig, from kulig.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kulig 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kulig in Germany.

## People named Kulig

- Kim Kulig, association football player

## Similar surnames

Klug, Kulick, Kulik, Kowalski, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kelso, Klaus, Kyles, Kallas, Kloss, Kelch.

## 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.