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    The surname Bula

    A Polish surname, carried by 589 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bula is more common than 76.7% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Polish Bula or Buła, from buła (“round object; fat person”). * Borrowed from American Spanish Bula.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 589 people named Bula in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 524,186 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 569.

    #37,735
    rank among US surnames
    589
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #36,956)

    Who is named Bula

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    59% of people named Bula identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bula

    Bula has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bula come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Polish Bula or Buła, from buła (“round object; fat person”). * Borrowed from American Spanish Bula.
    How common is the surname Bula?
    589 people in the United States had the surname Bula in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 524,186 Americans. It ranked 37,735th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bula?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Bula identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bula getting more or less common?
    More common. 569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 589 in 2010, up 3.5%.