How common is the surname Kulik?

2,137 people in the United States had the surname Kulik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,476 Americans. It ranked 14,076th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kulik?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kulik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kulik?

Buzz Kulik, American film director and producer (1922–1999), followed by Jakob Philipp Kulik.

Where is the surname Kulik most common?

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

Is the surname Kulik getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,137 in 2010, down 4.9%.

The surname Kulik

A Polish surname, carried by 2,137 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kulik is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

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

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 2,137 people named Kulik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,476 Americans. That is down 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,246.

#14,076

rank among US surnames

2,137

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-4.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,642)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,067	Castiglione	2,139	144,341
#14,070	Mazon	2,138	144,409
#14,076	Ellefson	2,137	144,476
#14,082	Pai	2,136	144,544
#14,084	Youngberg	2,135	144,611

Who is named Kulik

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

95% of people named Kulik identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
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 Kuliks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Kuliks come mostly from the United States (1) and the Austrian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kulik

Kulik 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 Kulik come from?: Borrowed from Polish Kulik, Czech Kulik or Slovak Kulík, and related languages.
How common is the surname Kulik?: 2,137 people in the United States had the surname Kulik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,476 Americans. It ranked 14,076th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kulik?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kulik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kulik?: Buzz Kulik, American film director and producer (1922–1999), followed by Jakob Philipp Kulik.
Where is the surname Kulik most common?: Wikidata records people named Kulik in the United States and the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Kulik getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,137 in 2010, down 4.9%.