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    The surname McCullar

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,412 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M246

    McCullar: #12,789 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCullar #12,789, 2,412 people McCullar: #12,789 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCullar #12,789, 2,412 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCullar is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Variant of McKellar.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,412 people named McCullar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,004 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,323.

    #12,789
    rank among US surnames
    2,412
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #12,277)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,782Garibaldi2,414127,898
    #12,785Klock2,413127,951
    #12,789Sailor2,412128,004
    #12,794Scalzo2,411128,057
    #12,795Schueller2,410128,110

    Who is named McCullar

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

    74% of people named McCullar identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McCullars

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kevin McCullar Jr.
      American basketball player (born 2001)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCullar

    McCullar has the Soundex code M246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M246.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCullar come from?
    Variant of McKellar.
    How common is the surname McCullar?
    2,412 people in the United States had the surname McCullar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,004 Americans. It ranked 12,789th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCullar?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named McCullar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McCullar?
    Kevin McCullar Jr., American basketball player (born 2001).
    Where is the surname McCullar most common?
    Wikidata records people named McCullar in the United States.
    Is the surname McCullar getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,323 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,412 in 2010, up 3.8%.