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    The surname Bulkley

    A surname, carried by 1,327 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B424

    Bulkley: #20,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bulkley #20,125, 1,327 people Bulkley: #20,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bulkley #20,125, 1,327 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bulkley is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Bulkeley.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,327 people named Bulkley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,664 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,062.

    #20,125
    rank among US surnames
    1,327
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25%
    change since 2000 (was #22,591)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,116Degenhardt1,328232,489
    #20,125Epting1,327232,664

    Who is named Bulkley

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

    92% of people named Bulkley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bulkleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert J. Bulkley
      American politician (1880–1965)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bulkley

    Bulkley has the Soundex code B424, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B424.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bulkley come from?
    Variant of Bulkeley.
    How common is the surname Bulkley?
    1,327 people in the United States had the surname Bulkley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,664 Americans. It ranked 20,125th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bulkley?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bulkley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bulkley?
    Robert J. Bulkley, American politician (1880–1965).
    Where is the surname Bulkley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bulkley in the United States.
    Is the surname Bulkley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,327 in 2010, up 25%.