# Kulik (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kulik/  
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 | Polish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,137 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,076 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 144,476 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.9% (2,246 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Kulik, Czech Kulik or Slovak Kulík, and related languages.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kulik 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kulik in the United States and the Austrian Empire.

## People named Kulik

- Buzz Kulik, American film director and producer (1922–1999)
- Jakob Philipp Kulik, Austrian mathematician (1793–1863)

## Similar surnames

Kulick, Klick, Kulig, Kowalski, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kelso, Klug, Klaus, Kyles, Kallas, Kloss.

## 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.