Bulgar Surname
Approximately 1,623 people bear this surname
Bulgar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 491 | 1:7,253 | 1,175 |
| Romania | 302 | 1:66,483 | 7,984 |
| Philippines | 283 | 1:357,732 | 47,791 |
| Russia | 232 | 1:621,220 | 54,386 |
| United States | 92 | 1:3,939,771 | 214,590 |
| Transnistria | 83 | 1:5,719 | 1,045 |
| Turkey | 48 | 1:1,621,280 | 61,377 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Bulgaria | 16 | 1:436,182 | 20,063 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 59 | 1:851,164 | 52,255 |
The alternate forms: Bulgăr (91) are calculated separately.
Bulgar (28) may also be a first name.
Bulgar Demographics
Average Bulgar Salary in
United States
$39,351 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bulgar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bulgar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bulgar (Georgian: ბულგარ, Russian: Булгар) is more commonly found in Moldova than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Bulgăr. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bulgar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 245,297th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,490,170 people. The last name Bulgar occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Bulgar reside; 67 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 49 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Bulgar is also the 1,994,417th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 28 people.
This surname is most widely held in Moldova, where it is borne by 491 people, or 1 in 7,253. In Moldova Bulgar is most numerous in: Găgăuzia, where 45 percent live, Anenii Noi District, where 23 percent live and Chișinău Municipality, where 17 percent live. Apart from Moldova this last name occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 19 percent live and The Philippines, where 17 percent live.
Bulgar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bulgar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 156 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bulgar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Bulgar last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (89%) in Russia and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Bulgar last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.
Bulgar earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.8% less than the national average, earning $39,351 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bulgar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgar in the Georgian language | ||
| ბულგარ | bulgar | - |
| Bulgar in the Russian language | ||
| Булгар | bulgar | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bulgar
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