14,994 Global Culp Family Members

Culp Family History

This interesting and unusual surname has two distinct possible sources, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly, Culp may be of early medieval Germanic origin, and a locational name from some minor spot called Culp(en) or Kulp(in), believed to be so called from the carp; hence, "lake or place where carp were trapped or raised". Alternatively, Culp may have originated as a nickname for someone who bore some fancied similarity to this fish, perhaps a bald man whose skull resembled the naked head of the carp.