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    The surname Kulig

    A Polish surname, carried by 1,118 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K420

    Kulig: #22,892 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kulig #22,892, 1,118 people Kulig: #22,892 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kulig #22,892, 1,118 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kulig is more common than 85.9% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    From Polish Kulig, from kulig.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,118 people named Kulig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,159 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,042.

    #22,892
    rank among US surnames
    1,118
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #22,934)

    Who is named Kulig

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

    96% of people named Kulig identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kuligs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kim Kulig
      Association football player, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kulig

    Kulig has the Soundex code K420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K420.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kulig come from?
    From Polish Kulig, from kulig.
    How common is the surname Kulig?
    1,118 people in the United States had the surname Kulig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,159 Americans. It ranked 22,892nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kulig?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kulig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kulig?
    Kim Kulig, association football player.
    Where is the surname Kulig most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kulig in Germany.
    Is the surname Kulig getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,118 in 2010, up 7.3%.