CUrling
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ME crulling ‘the curly one’; first attested Robert Crullyng 1296 SRSx
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/kəɹlɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
CUrling is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- CRCosta Rica
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
ME crulling ‘the curly one’; first attested Robert Crullyng 1296 SRSx.
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
CUrling is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, curling (sport where players slide stones on a sheet of ice)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, curling (sport)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Henry Curlingb. 1803British novelist
- Henry Curlingb. 1847GBRoyal Artillery officer of the British Army
- Elisabeth Hunterb. 1916GBnot in their usual name(1916-1971)
- Alvin Curlingb. 1939CACanadian politician
- David Antony Bryan Curlingb. 1943GB(born 1943)
- Davina Cordelia Curlingb. 1964GB(born 1964)
- Chris Curlingfilm producer
- Robert CurlingGBUK art collector, commissioned Offley Holes House in 1894
- Dennis CurlingGBWelsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 479 | #47,689 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 419 | #49,999 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 412 | #48,196 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 88 | #1,581 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name CUrling mean, and where does it come from?
- ME crulling ‘the curly one’; first attested Robert Crullyng 1296 SRSx. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- What are other forms of the name CUrling?
- In the etymology graph, Rink is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce CUrling?
- A machine transcription gives /kəɹlɪŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does CUrling have the most bearers?
- CUrling is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “CUrling”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.