Bulman Surname

84,231st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,738 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Bulman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the burgess,' i.e. the citizen; Middle English burgeys.

Hawise Burgeys, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Philip Burgers, Oxfordshire, ibid.

John le Burges, Southamptonshire, ibid.

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Bulman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1671:167,26316,959
England1,7211:32,3754,318
Australia3661:73,7598,665
Canada3541:104,08411,244
Poland2751:138,21420,006
Ireland1621:29,0682,610
New Zealand1311:34,5675,960
Turkey981:794,09638,963
Wales711:43,5854,199
Scotland671:79,9085,892
Zimbabwe601:257,30427,433
Argentina361:1,187,31770,591
Philippines301:3,374,607147,509
Chile281:629,16015,000
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
Mexico231:5,396,79230,197
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Norway61:857,04855,549
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
France31:22,140,907385,998
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Belize21:177,7373,502
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland871:50,9184,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0741:22,6963,186
Scotland271:138,6386,001
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2461:204,14117,685

Bulman (126) may also be a first name.

Bulman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the burgess,' i.e. the citizen; Middle English burgeys.

Hawise Burgeys, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Philip Burgers, Oxfordshire, ibid.

John le Burges, Southamptonshire, ibid.

Thomas Burgeys, Norfolk, ibid.

Adam Burgeys, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Burges, 1379: ibid.

Robert Barges, Norwich, 1519: History of Norfolk.

1614. Married — Edward Burgis and Maud Goorde: St. Antholin (London).

1624. Baptised — Symon, s. Alice Burgis: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the bull-man,' i.e. bull-herd; v. Bullard, and compare Coward and Cowman, Hefferman, &c.

John Boleman, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1393. Wralter Bulleman, rector of Intwood, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1530. Thomas Bulman, prior of Wayborn, Norfolk: ibid.

1777. Thomas Wrothe and Johanna Bullman: Marriage Lic. (London).

William Bulman. D. 1569. Buried — Ralph Bulman: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1601. Married — Thomas Baskervile and Anne Bullman: St. Antholin (London).

1628. Baptised — John, s. Richard Bulman: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Stephen Bulman in Longnewtoun, 1662 (RRM., II, p. 44), and Isobel Bulman in Boun Jedburgh, 1686 (Peebles CR.). Explained by Bardsley and Harrison as = bull-herd.

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

A burgess was a citizen or freeman of a corporate town or burgh, ME. burgeys. Henricus Burgeis in the parish of Fyvy was excommunicated in 1382 (REA., I, p. 165). William Burges was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1475 (NSCM., I, p. 25), and Jennet Burgess and John Burgesse were examined for the Test in Tinwald in 1685 (RPC,, 3. ser. XI, p. 433). The old Orkney surname of Burgar has become Burgess.

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

A freeman of a corporate town or borough.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From berges, burges, a citisen, townsman; a Cornish form of the French bourgeois.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

An inhabitant of a borough; a freeman, citizen; a representative of a borough in parliament.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

In the reign of Henry VIII., the name of Bulman occurred in Black - well, Darlington, and in Ripon (Long.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Bulman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bulman (Russian: Бульман) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulman? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 84,231st most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,270,050 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Bulman are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 829,183rd most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 126 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 2,167 people, or 1 in 167,263. In The United States Bulman is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 10 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 9 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 41 countries. It is also found in England, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.

Bulman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bulman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bulman last name rose 881 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 160 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 186 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,420 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 248 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bulman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (99%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Bulman last name are 6.86% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.63% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bulman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 195.64% more than the national average, earning 1,023,140 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 24.18% less than the national average, earning R 180,180 per year; in United States they earn 7.72% more than the national average, earning $46,479 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.36% more than the national average, earning $54,830 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bulman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bulman in the Russian language
Бульманbulman-

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