Culley is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Culley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Culley is form of Cowley. Parishes, &c. in counties Gloucester, Middlesex, Oxford, and Salop.

Surname Culley is variant form of the Cooling. A parish in Kent.

Is the variant form of Cowley. One who came from Cowley meaning "Cufa's meadow, cow meadow, or clearing where charcoal was burned," the name of several places in England.

Form of Coller. An idler.

How popular is Culley?

Culley is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Scotland, Guyana, New Zealand, Wales.

Culley is ranked 55743 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Culley bearers increased by 7.61 per cent in 2010 US census to 3522 since 2000, the surname slipped by 78 spots and ranked at 9241. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.68 84.36
Black 11.19 9.93
Hispanic or Latino 2.19 1.92
Others 1.68 1.77
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.65 1.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.62 0.31
Culley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Guyana lie ahead in terms of density. Around 9111 person has been found who wears Culley as their family name. Culley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Culley:
9,056 United States4,570
2,914 England2,707
Countries with hundreds of Culley:
5,928 Australia570
9,203 Canada446
3,794 Scotland132
1,147 Guyana110
6,955 New Zealand109
3,079 Wales102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,790 Ireland87
3,825 Cuba70
3,487 Northern Ireland51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,689 Suriname26
127,494 South Africa14
61,223 Sweden12
29,869 Venezuela11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
81,846 Netherlands10
8,353 Trinidad and Tobago9
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
266,530 Germany9
486,533 Brazil6
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Culley was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 8, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Cambridge from Liverpool. 50 years old Mathew Culley, Michael Culley, aged 18, John Culley, aged 21, Patk. Culley, aged 19, Andrew Culley, aged 45, Immigrant Michael Culley, Alice Culley, aged 20, Thomas Culley (21) Workman, are other Culley that migrated to US.

Culley Namesakes

  • David Culley, quarterbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League

Culley Namesakes

  • David Culley, quarterbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League

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