McCullen

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cuilinn (“son of Cuileann”), a byname from cuileann (“holly”).

Proper noun

McCullen (plural McCullens)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCullen is the 13160^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2324 individuals. McCullen is most common among White (75.34%) and Black/African American (20.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCullen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 549.