Show ContentsCullop History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Cullop is a name whose ancestors lived among the Picts, a tribe in ancient Scotland. The Cullop family lived in the place named Colp in Aberdeenshire.

Early Origins of the Cullop family

The surname Cullop was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland.

One of the first records of the family was Johannes Coup who was recorded there in Aberdeen in 1408. "A 'commone hande bell, with ale proffetis,' was granted to William Colp and his son, David Colp in the same town in 1503, and a payment was made in 1518 to Sir Andrew Cup, evidently a cleric." 1

Early History of the Cullop family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cullop research. Another 160 words (11 lines of text) covering the year 1408 is included under the topic Early Cullop History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cullop Spelling Variations

The appearance of the printing press and the first dictionaries in the last few hundred years did much to standardize spelling. Prior to that time scribes spelled according to sound, a practice that resulted in many spelling variations. Cullop has been spelled Culp, Colp, Cup, Cope and others.

Early Notables of the Cullop family

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Australia Cullop migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Cullop Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. John Cullop, (b. 1816), aged 24, British Labourer who was convicted in Huntingdon, England for 15 years for stealing, transported aboard the "Asia" on 25th April 1840, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1840 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Cullop (post 1700) +

  • William Allen Cullop (1853-1927), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Indiana State House of Representatives, 1891-93; Candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1900; U.S. Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1909-17 3
  • Roy E. Cullop, American Republican politician, Candidate for West Virginia State House of Delegates from Mercer County, 1960 3


  1. Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
  2. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 17th January 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/asia/1840
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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