How common is the last name Cullen?

19,574 people in the United States have the last name Cullen, about 1 in 15,270. It ranks #1,790 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CULLEN

#1,790

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,574
About
1 in 15,270
This common or more
46.5%
Who bears it

Of the 19,574 people with the last name Cullen, 89.8% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Cullen

#1,788 Sapp · 19,589#1,789 Cheung · 19,577#1,791 Prieto · 19,560#1,792 Gamboa · 19,553

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cullen, most common first.

#56,084 Cullin · 394

Also a first name

As a first name, Cullen ranks #2,059 of 53,615, with 13,202 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2010, with 685 births. See Cullen as a first name

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