How common is the surname Kull?

2,701 people in the United States had the surname Kull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,308 Americans. It ranked 11,614th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kull?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kull identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kull?

Virginia Kull, American actress.

Where is the surname Kull most common?

Wikidata records people named Kull in the United States.

Is the surname Kull getting more or less common?

More common. 2,396 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,701 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Kull

A surname, carried by 2,701 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kull is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

Shortened from Kullmann.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,701 people named Kull in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,308 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,396.

#11,614

rank among US surnames

2,701

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+12.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,958)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,608	Coll	2,704	114,181
#11,610	Arocho	2,703	114,223
#11,612	Sangster	2,702	114,266
#11,614	Huie	2,701	114,308
#11,620	Skiba	2,700	114,350
#11,622	Tindell	2,699	114,393

Who is named Kull

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

92% of people named Kull identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kulls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Virginia Kull
American actress, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kull

Kull has the Soundex code K400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K400.

Questions

Where does the surname Kull come from?: Shortened from Kullmann.
How common is the surname Kull?: 2,701 people in the United States had the surname Kull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,308 Americans. It ranked 11,614th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kull?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kull identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kull?: Virginia Kull, American actress.
Where is the surname Kull most common?: Wikidata records people named Kull in the United States.
Is the surname Kull getting more or less common?: More common. 2,396 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,701 in 2010, up 13%.