How common is the surname McCullum?

3,302 people in the United States had the surname McCullum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,503 Americans. It ranked 9,803rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McCullum getting more or less common?

More common. 2,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,302 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname McCullum

A surname, carried by 3,302 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCullum is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

Variant of McCallum or McCollum.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,302 people named McCullum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,503 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,827.

#9,803

rank among US surnames

3,302

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+16.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,438)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,794	Arechiga	3,306	93,389
#9,798	Trantham	3,304	93,446
#9,800	Casias	3,303	93,474
#9,803	Goto	3,302	93,503
#9,808	Whisenhunt	3,301	93,531
#9,810	Vos	3,300	93,559

Who is named McCullum

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

68% of people named McCullum identified as Black (not Hispanic), 26% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 68%
White (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCullum

McCullum has the Soundex code M245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M245.

Questions

Where does the surname McCullum come from?: Variant of McCallum or McCollum.
How common is the surname McCullum?: 3,302 people in the United States had the surname McCullum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,503 Americans. It ranked 9,803rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCullum?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named McCullum identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 26% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McCullum getting more or less common?: More common. 2,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,302 in 2010, up 17%.