Cullen Surname
Approximately 76,565 people bear this surname
Cullen Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cologne'; compare Bullen for Boulogne.
John de Coloigne, Norfolk, 1344: History of Norfolk.
1660-1. Peter Cullen and Jane Croke: Marriage Lic. (London).
1795.
Read More About This SurnameCullen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28,745 | 1:12,609 | 1,569 |
| England | 14,211 | 1:3,921 | 519 |
| Ireland | 10,006 | 1:471 | 69 |
| Australia | 9,915 | 1:2,723 | 366 |
| Canada | 3,820 | 1:9,645 | 1,450 |
| Scotland | 2,260 | 1:2,369 | 440 |
| New Zealand | 1,881 | 1:2,407 | 337 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,653 | 1:1,116 | 227 |
| Wales | 862 | 1:3,590 | 395 |
| South Africa | 517 | 1:104,792 | 12,674 |
| Argentina | 301 | 1:142,005 | 12,023 |
| Thailand | 203 | 1:347,972 | 60,483 |
| France | 164 | 1:405,017 | 59,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Germany | 147 | 1:547,656 | 45,370 |
| Brazil | 141 | 1:1,518,258 | 50,663 |
| Spain | 139 | 1:336,346 | 19,522 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Singapore | 98 | 1:56,201 | 2,231 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Mexico | 85 | 1:1,460,308 | 15,990 |
| India | 72 | 1:10,653,686 | 201,049 |
| Luxembourg | 47 | 1:12,352 | 2,231 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Isle of Man | 44 | 1:1,950 | 371 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| Philippines | 40 | 1:2,530,956 | 131,537 |
| Italy | 37 | 1:1,652,883 | 83,776 |
| China | 36 | 1:37,981,155 | 2,028 |
| Denmark | 31 | 1:182,088 | 15,299 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Chile | 25 | 1:704,659 | 16,160 |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | 1:768,804 | 49,532 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Belarus | 22 | 1:431,866 | 42,756 |
| Jersey | 22 | 1:4,509 | 908 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 1:220,765 | 6,223 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Peru | 10 | 1:3,178,412 | 30,046 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Vietnam | 8 | 1:11,580,757 | 2,851 |
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 1:1,378,446 | 18,562 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 1:1,047,926 | 4,985 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 6 | 1:18,396 | 2,503 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7,207 | 1:615 | 94 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,844 | 1:6,341 | 976 |
| Scotland | 1,331 | 1:2,812 | 485 |
| Wales | 75 | 1:20,912 | 1,213 |
| Isle of Man | 3 | 1:18,090 | 1,402 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,338 | 1:7,923 | 1,015 |
The alternate forms: Cùllén (1) are calculated separately.
Cullen (5,508) may also be a first name.
Cullen Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cologne'; compare Bullen for Boulogne.
John de Coloigne, Norfolk, 1344: History of Norfolk.
1660-1. Peter Cullen and Jane Croke: Marriage Lic. (London).
1795. Married — John Cullen and Mary O'Neil: St. George, Hanover Square.
From the burgh of Cullen in the parish of the same name, Banffshire. Henricus de Culane in record, 1340 (ER., I, p. 458). John de Coulane was juror on inquest held apud Rane, 1418 (REA., I, p. 216). John de Culane was elected bailie of Aberdeen, 1440 (CRA., p. 6), Andrew de Culane had a grant of the lands of Knaven in the barony of Kelly, 1444, and Andrew Coleyn or Colen, merchant of Aberdeen, had safe conducts to travel in England, 1438 and 1451 (Bain, IV, 1118—1234). John of Culane was "abbot of boneacord" in Aberdeen, 1486, and Robert of Cullane was chosen "priour of bonaccord" there in 1497 (Mill, Plays, p. 132,134). Elene Culan held a land in Glasgow, 1494 (REG., 469). Mr. William Colen was minister in Edinburgh, 1649 (Lamont, Diary, p. 7). John Cullen was appointed Islay Herala in January, 1661. William Cullen, M.D. (1710—1790), was one of the most eminent physicians of his time. (2) The Ayrshire and Galloway Cullens most probably of Irish origin from Maccullen which see.
(Celtic) 1 Whelp (a pet name) [Old Irish form Cuilen; Irish and Gaelic cuilean(n, a whelp, cub] 2 Handsome, Fair [Irish and Gaelic cuilthinn (th mute] 3 Bel. to Cullen = (a) the Holly- Tree (Place) [Gaelic and Irish cuillionn] (b) the Little Wood [Gaelic and lr. coillin, diminutive of coill, a wood] 4 (occasionally) for Colquhoun, q.v. (Anglo-Ger.-Latin) One from Cologne [Ger. Köln; Latin Colonia Agrippina (Agrippina’s Colony]
Mac Cuilin Co. Monaghan. SIF 91
Ó Cuilinn Primarily a numerous sept of southeast Leinster. Also the synonym of several other somewhat similar names, e.g. Culloon and Cullinane, q.v.
Bibl; IF 101; Map Kild; Plate VI
Ó Cuilinn Primarily a numerous sept of southeast Leinster. Also the synonym of several other somewhat similar names, e.g. Culloon and Cullinane, q.v.
Bibl; IF 101; Map Kild; Plate VI
Old English spelling of Cologne (Koeln).
(Irish, English, Scottish) Grandson of Cuileann (holly); a cub or puppy, an affectionate term; the handsome person; dweller in, or near, a small wood; dweller near a holly tree; one who came from Cullen (little nook), in Scotland.
1. Irish. See Cuillean. 2. An old spelling of Cologne.
Local: from the town of Cullen in Banffshire-cul, a neck, a lake; the place at the neck of the lake.
Local. From the town of Cullen, in Banffshire, Scotland. The derivation is uncertain. It may be from Cuillean, holly, a place of holly—trees; or Cullin, the place at the neck of the lake, from Cul, a neck, the back of any thing, and lin, a lake, a pond.
A location name in Banffs.; or from the Irish O’Coilean; a personal name (coilean, a young warrior).
Cullen: from Cologne.
Cullen Demographics
Cullen Religious Adherence
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Cullen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cullen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cullen is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Cùllén. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cullen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,421st most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 95,181 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Cullen reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 38 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 90,473rd most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 5,508 people.
The last name Cullen is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 28,745 people, or 1 in 12,609. In The United States Cullen is most prevalent in: New York, where 11 percent are found, Florida, where 6 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States Cullen exists in 132 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent are found and Ireland, where 13 percent are found.
Cullen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cullen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cullen surname increased 454 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 370 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 139 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 170 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,149 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cullen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Cullen last name is chiefly Catholic (96%) in Ireland, Orthodox (56%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Belarus.
In The United States those holding the Cullen last name are 5.93% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.7% being registered with the party.
The amount Cullen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 31.14% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,349 per year; in South Africa they earn 40.3% more than the national average, earning R 333,408 per year; in United States they earn 13.69% more than the national average, earning $49,058 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.4% more than the national average, earning $53,856 CAD per year.
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