How common is the surname McCulloch?

8,244 people in the United States had the surname McCulloch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,451 Americans. It ranked 4,312th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McCulloch?

Warren Sturgis McCulloch, American neuroscientist (1898–1969), followed by Kaarle McCulloch.

Where is the surname McCulloch most common?

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

Is the surname McCulloch getting more or less common?

More common. 8,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,244 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname McCulloch

An Irish surname, carried by 8,244 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCulloch is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From the Scottish Gaelic variant of McCullough.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,244 people named McCulloch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,451 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,021.

#4,312

rank among US surnames

8,244

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,087)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,303	True	8,261	37,374
#4,304	Furr	8,260	37,378
#4,305	Dell	8,255	37,401
#4,307	Chism	8,253	37,410
#4,308	Bear	8,252	37,415
#4,309	McCue	8,250	37,424
#4,311	Fogarty	8,245	37,446

Who is named McCulloch

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

92% of people named McCulloch identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCullochs

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Warren Sturgis McCulloch
American neuroscientist (1898–1969)
Kaarle McCulloch
Australian racing cyclist, born 1988
Hugh McCulloch
American financier and politician (1808–1895)
Andrew McCulloch
British drummer, born 1945
Roscoe C. McCulloch
American politician (1880–1958)
Allan Riverstone McCulloch
Australian ichthyologist (1885-1925)

Notable McCullochs come mostly from the United States (3), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCulloch

McCulloch has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McCulloch come from?: From the Scottish Gaelic variant of McCullough.
How common is the surname McCulloch?: 8,244 people in the United States had the surname McCulloch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,451 Americans. It ranked 4,312th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCulloch?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McCulloch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McCulloch?: Warren Sturgis McCulloch, American neuroscientist (1898–1969), followed by Kaarle McCulloch.
Where is the surname McCulloch most common?: Wikidata records people named McCulloch in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname McCulloch getting more or less common?: More common. 8,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,244 in 2010, up 2.8%.