The Kulig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,118 people carried this name — #22,892 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,042 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kulig surname
From Polish Kulig, from kulig.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kulig» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
7,814 people named Kulig have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,510 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Kulig.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Oise.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 28 people named Kulig live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Chaco.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Kulig live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
50 people named Kulig is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Kulig,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andrzej Kulig 1963– · jurist -
Christoph Kulig d. 1653
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Andrzej Kulig 1819–1889 · parochus
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Andrzej Kulig 1819–1889 · parochus
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Zygmunt Kulig 1872–1944 · Catholic priest
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Tadeusz Kulig 1927–2024 · priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kulig.
- Kuhner 467 · U.S. census
- Kujawa 3,039 · U.S. census
- Kukla 1,718 · U.S. census
- Kula 3,012 · U.S. census
- Kulas 2,195 · U.S. census
- Kulczak 122 · U.S. census
- Kulik 2,137 · U.S. census
- Kull 2,701 · U.S. census
- Kullmann 289 · U.S. census
- Kummer 3,354 · U.S. census
- Kumpf 889 · U.S. census
- Kung 3,113 · U.S. census
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