The Kulik surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,137 people carried this name — #14,076 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. That is down 5% from 2,246 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kulik surname
Borrowed from Polish Kulik, Czech Kulik or Slovak Kulík, and related languages.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kulik» (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
10,544 people named Kulik have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 12,355 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 Silesian.
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 95 people named Kulik.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 73 people named Kulik 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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
55 people named Kulik live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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
47 people named Kulik 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).
In print
Kulik in American newspapers,
1910–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,455 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kulik,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jakob Philipp Kulik 1793–1863 · mathematician -
Leonid Kulik 1883–1942 · geologist -
Leonid Kulik 1883–1942 · geologist
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Leonid Kulik 1883–1942 · geologist
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Leonid Kulik 1883–1942 · geologist
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Johann Kulik 1800–1872 · luthier
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kulik.
- 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
- Kulig 1,118 · 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
- Kunkler 707 · U.S. census
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