Cullinan is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cullinan
No. of characters: 8
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cullinan

How popular is Cullinan?

Cullinan is common in South Africa.

Cullinan is ranked 66689 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cullinan bearers increased by 4.562044 per cent in 2010 US census to 2292 since 2000, the surname slipped by 438 spots and ranked at 13306. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.76 97.03
Hispanic or Latino 2.84 1.55
Others 1.27 0.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.79 0.59
Cullinan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Monaco is ahead in terms of density. Around 6800 people have been found who wears Cullinan as their family name. Cullinan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
214 Monaco10
101,066 Zimbabwe5
14,054 China3
95,312 Argentina2
12,161 Wales2
118,441 Germany2
50,640 Switzerland2
1,777 Jersey2
40,256 Mexico2
153,416 Italy1
6,212 Jamaica1
12,270 Lebanon1
118,015 Netherlands1
510 East Timor1
7,895 South Korea1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
13,447 Uganda1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
14,963 Scotland26
22,809 New Zealand19
89,048 Spain13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,536 Northern Ireland83
Countries with hundreds of Cullinan:
758 Ireland928
4,440 Australia678
10,088 England635
32,272 Canada103
Countries with thousands of Cullinan:
11,817 United States3,021
5,369 South Africa1,205
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 16 years old maid Honora Cullinan who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 23, 1846 by Henry Pratt put out from Liverpool. Peter Cullinan (20) Farmer, Workman Daniel Cullinan, John Cullinan (26) Immigrant, 21 years old Eliza Cullinan, Immigrant Catherine Cullinan, Daniel Cullinan, aged 14, Eliza Cullinan, 11 months old Ellen Cullinan, and 49 other Cullinan around 59.26% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster migrated to US.

Cullinan Namesakes

  • Bernice Cullinan, Author
  • Bethan Cullinane, Actress
  • Bevan Cullinan, Actor
  • Cormac Cullinan, Attorney
  • Daryll Cullinan, Cricketer
  • Jonothan Cullinane, Film director
  • Pearse Cullinane, Film producer
  • Séamus Cullinane, Runner
  • Cormac Cullinan, Attorney
  • David Cullinane, Irish Politician

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