Bulow Surname

186,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Bulow Surname Definition:

Place name in Mecklenburg, Germany.

Bulow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8471:427,93336,971
Brazil4381:488,75418,455
Indonesia2621:504,76841,234
Somalia2451:54,9062,420
Australia1351:199,96819,617
Denmark681:83,0118,046
France531:1,253,259128,888
England461:1,211,26256,182
Canada451:818,79163,991
Argentina291:1,473,91182,038
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Scotland71:764,83125,488
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1231:408,28230,178

The alternate forms: Bülow (6,359) are calculated separately.

Bulow (39) may also be a first name.

Bulow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Place name in Mecklenburg, Germany.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) One who came from Buelow, in Mecklenburg.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Bulow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bulow occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as: Bülow. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 186,039th most prevalent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,200,503 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Bulow live; 39 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bulow is also the 1,637,361st most widely held forename on earth It is held by 39 people.

The surname Bulow is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 847 people, or 1 in 427,933. In The United States Bulow is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 20 percent are found, Utah, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States it is found in 38 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 19 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.

Bulow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bulow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bulow last name increased 689 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 920 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bulow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bulow last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.

The amount Bulow earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 257.51% more than the national average, earning S/. 69,304 per year; in United States they earn 12.09% more than the national average, earning $48,365 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.34% less than the national average, earning $46,535 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bülow936,359/
Buelow912,843/
Buulow91196/
Bulowa9165/
Bullow9156/
Bulowe9138/
Bulouw9118/
Butlow9110/
Beulow9110/
Buslow918/
Buehlow8341/
Bullowa839/
Boulouw831/
Boutlow830/
Bautlow830/
Bulov80443/
Bulaw8065/
Bolow8050/
Bulof809/
Bulob802/
Buylov731,319/
Bolowa731,147/
Bulova731,088/
Buslov731,029/
Bollow73880/
Bulawe73152/
Builov7376/
Baulov7368/
Buhlov7367/
Bielow7357/
Bulovs7336/
Boelow7317/
Bulyov7316/
Bullov7314/
Bulhof7313/
Buloff7313/
Bujłow7312/
Bullaw7312/
Butlov7310/
Bühlow738/
Bulgov736/
Beulov735/
Buslaw733/
Büllow733/
Baulaw731/
Boulov731/
Bulaaw731/
Bolouw731/
Bulhov731/
Bhuluw731/
Bhulaw731/
Bauluw731/
Boloow731/
Buloov731/
Buloev731/
Vaulow730/
Buylova671,400/
Boulouf67205/
Buhlova67109/
Builova67102/
Bulahaw67101/
Baulova6797/
Beulova6755/
Boehlow6738/
Bullova6730/
Bulloff6720/
Busloff6716/
Bouslov6711/
Builovs6710/
Boulova676/
Bulgova675/
Bouloub671/
Builoff671/
Bulhova671/
Bouchillow671/
Bauloff671/
Buhlhof671/
Buhylov671/
Biehlow670/
Buyloff670/

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