Bulbeck Surname

546,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 586 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Bulbeck Surname Definition:

BOLEBEC: From Bolbec in the department of Seine Inferieure, Normandy. Only three individuals of this name appear in Scottish records. Walter de Bolebec witnessed Earl David's foundation charter of the Abbey of Selkirk c, 1120 (Kelso), and the confirmation by Earl Henry of the grant of Ederham and Nesbit by Gospatrick to the monks of St.

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Bulbeck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3391:164,36015,274
Australia1031:262,09423,895
Canada971:379,85133,859
Scotland141:382,41616,471
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1881:129,65612,048
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Bulbeck Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

BOLEBEC: From Bolbec in the department of Seine Inferieure, Normandy. Only three individuals of this name appear in Scottish records. Walter de Bolebec witnessed Earl David's foundation charter of the Abbey of Selkirk c, 1120 (Kelso), and the confirmation by Earl Henry of the grant of Ederham and Nesbit by Gospatrick to the monks of St. Cuthbert at Colaingham, c. 1141 (Ratne, App., 103). He also witnessed King David's gift of a toft in Berewic to the Priory of May c. 1147—53 (May, 2), and c. 1153—65 he witnessed a charter by Malcolm IV of "terra Jocelini" to Neubotle (Neubotle, p. 9). As de Bolebech he witnessed, c. 1150, the charter by Robert, bishop of St. Andrews granting the church of Lohworuora (now Borthwick) to Herbert, bishop of Glasgow (REG., p. 13). William de Bolbethi witnessed a charter by Waltheus, earl of Dunbar in 1166 (Ratne, App. 26). Dominus Ricardus de Bolbek witnessed a resignation of the lands of Edeluestun to the Church of Glasgow in 1233 (REG., p. 141). A genealogy of the English family of the name is given in J. C. Hodgson's History of Northumberland V, p. 224, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1902.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(N. English or Scandinavian) Dweller at the Bull-Brook [Old English bul- = Old Norse boli, a bull + Old Northern English becc = Old Norse bekk-r, a brook]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

BOLEBECK: Hugh de Bolebeck, so surnamed from his fief near Havre, came in with the Conqueror, and was a tenant in capite in co. Bucks, where his descendants remained for several generations.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Bolbec; a location name in Normandy in the Domesday Book, de Bolebec; a tenant in chief. In Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Bulbeck Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bulbeck Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bulbeck is found most in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulbeck? popularity and diffusion

Bulbeck is the 546,286th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 12,436,085 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Bulbeck live; 61 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 164,360. In England Bulbeck is most prevalent in: West Sussex, where 30 percent reside, Hampshire, where 14 percent reside and Greater London, where 14 percent reside. Not including England this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent reside and Canada, where 17 percent reside.

Bulbeck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bulbeck has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Bulbeck last name grew 180 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 180 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bulbeck Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Bulbeck earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 60.7% less than the national average, earning $16,958 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.88% less than the national average, earning $45,770 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bullbeck933/
Wulbeck8667/
Bulbick869/
Bolbeck864/
Beutelbeck8221/
Bolbec7769/
Bulbik7732/
Bulbyk773/
Wülbeck7190/
Bulwick715/
Bulbiks713/
Woulbek711/
Baulbekova711/
Wollbeck6798/
Bulbeque6750/
Hvolbeck6733/
Wüllbeck6715/
Bollweck676/
Bullwick671/
Woolbeck670/

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