Bulbick Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Bulbick 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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Bulbick Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:6,190,895170,599
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Bulbick 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)

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
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Bulbick Last Name Facts

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

Bulbick occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulbick? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bulbick reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England it is mostly found in: Rutland, where 44 percent live, Suffolk, where 22 percent live and Dorset, where 11 percent live.

Bulbick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bulbick has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Bulbick last name fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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