# McCulloch (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcculloch/  
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 Irish or Scottish Gaelic, variant of McCullough.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,244 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,312 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,451 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (8,021 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Scottish Gaelic variant of McCullough.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCulloch 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCulloch in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named McCulloch

- Warren Sturgis McCulloch, American neuroscientist (1898–1969)
- Kaarle McCulloch, Australian racing cyclist
- Hugh McCulloch, American financier and politician (1808–1895)
- Andrew McCulloch, British drummer
- Roscoe C. McCulloch, American politician (1880–1958)
- Allan Riverstone McCulloch, Australian ichthyologist (1885-1925)

## Similar surnames

McClish, McClatchey, McCullough, McCollough, McLaughlin, McAllister, Michaels, McAlister, McCloskey, McCallister, Mickelson, Michels.

## 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.