Culler
Usually an occupational surname, most likely referring to someone who culled, sorted, or selected goods, animals, or people for a job.
The #9,708 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 92,356 Americans shares it.
Etymology
The surname is probably from Middle English cullen, 'to cull' or 'select,' ultimately from Anglo-Norman French and related Romance forms. As a name, it would have described someone whose work involved choosing, sorting, or picking out items or stock. In some cases it may also reflect a variant spelling or regional form connected with related occupational surnames such as Cutler.
History
The name appears in medieval English records, and 19th-century surname writers treated it as an occupational byname. Because spelling was fluid, Culler may sometimes overlap with similar-looking surnames or local spellings rather than always representing a separate family line. It is uncommon today, but it survived into modern English-speaking populations, including the United States.
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Fun fact
A 19th-century writer noted Culler as a fairly common medieval surname in Yorkshire poll-tax records.
From the historical record
“tSuHblk), 1 1 inunuji ■- Cutler.— Occup. 'the culler/ maker of knives, &c, A curiously common entry, whether as surname or irade-name, in Yorkshire Poll Ttti, 1379. from its frequency I should have expected a larger num-”
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with special American instances