Bullbeck Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Bullbeck 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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Bullbeck Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Bullbeck 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
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Bullbeck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bullbeck is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bullbeck? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bullbeck is the 10,311,814th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Bullbeck occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Bullbeck live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most widely held in England, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is most numerous in: Gloucestershire, where 50 percent live and Hampshire, where 50 percent live. Outside of England this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 33 percent live.

Bullbeck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bullbeck has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Bulbeck93586/
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Bulbik7132/
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