How common is the surname Kulp?

4,681 people in the United States had the surname Kulp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,957 Americans. It ranked 7,143rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kulp?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kulp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kulp?

Nancy Kulp, actress (1921-1991).

Where is the surname Kulp most common?

Wikidata records people named Kulp in the United States.

Is the surname Kulp getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,681 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Kulp

A surname, carried by 4,681 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kulp is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,681 people named Kulp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,957 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,717.

#7,143

rank among US surnames

4,681

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,619)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,140	Boggess	4,684	65,915
#7,141	Revels	4,683	65,929
#7,142	Kunkle	4,682	65,943
#7,143	Kulp	4,681	65,957
#7,145	Weng	4,680	65,971

Who is named Kulp

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

96% of people named Kulp identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kulps

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nancy Kulp
Actress (1921-1991)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Kulp

Kulpa

Kulp has the Soundex code K410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K410.

Questions

How common is the surname Kulp?: 4,681 people in the United States had the surname Kulp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,957 Americans. It ranked 7,143rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kulp?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kulp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kulp?: Nancy Kulp, actress (1921-1991).
Where is the surname Kulp most common?: Wikidata records people named Kulp in the United States.
Is the surname Kulp getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,681 in 2010, down 0.8%.