# McCullers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccullers/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,594 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,625 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 193,692 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.9% (1,450 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of McKellar, with redundant English patronymic -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCullers 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) | 56% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCullers in the United States.

## People named McCullers

- Carson McCullers, American writer (1917–1967)
- Lance McCullers, Jr., American baseball player (born 1993)
- Michael McCullers, American screenwriter

## Similar surnames

McClure, McCleary, McClary, McClurg, McCullar, McCleery, McClory, McElroy, McLaurin, McLaren, Mishler, McElrath.

## 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.