The Culpepper surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,135 people carried this name — #3,521 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 10,061 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Culpepper surname

From Middle English Coulpeper, Cullepeper, equivalent to cull (“to cull, gather”) + pepper, i.e. ("spice-gatherer").

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Culpepper» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Culpepper in American newspapers,
1871–1930.

Newspaper page from Indiana Tribüne carrying the name Culpepper
Indiana Tribüne 1904-05-28
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Culpepper
Evening Star 1930-11-02
Newspaper page from The New North-west carrying the name Culpepper
The New North-west 1871-09-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,613 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Culpepper in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

149 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Culpepper. The most, 41, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 80
New South Wales 36
Queensland 15
South Australia 10
Tasmania 6
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Culpepper.

Who carried it

People named Culpepper,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper
    Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper 1635–1689 · politician
  • Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper
    Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper 1635–1688 · politician
  • John Culpepper 1765–1841 · politician
  • Robert C. Culpepper 1873–1950 · lawyer
  • Charles Lee “Dr. Charlie” Culpepper Sr 1895–1986 · missionary
  • Marvin T. Culpepper 1908–1970 · engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Culpepper,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States521 records

521 records of the Culpepper name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 358
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 128
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George W. Culpepper

    Born 1926 in Missouri. Enlisted 1944 at Jefferson Barracks; machinist from St Louis City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Roy K. Culpepper

    Born 1932; from Talbot County, Georgia. U.S. Army, tank crewman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jerry Culpepper

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1952, died 1994; buried at BG William C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, New Jersey.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 521 records for Culpepper in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Culpepper name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Arthur Culpepper

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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