# Bull (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bull/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the nickname derived from the name of the animal.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,646 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,088 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,511 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (11,254 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bull in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bull in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bull

- Richard Bull, American film, stage and television actor (1924–2014)
- Hedley Bull, Australian academic (1932-1985)
- Emma Bull, American writer
- Peter Bull, British actor (1912-1984)
- Sandy Bull, American folk musician (1941-2001)

## Similar surnames

Bell, Ball, Buell, Bill, Boll, Buhl, Bulla, Bula, Buley, Bulley, Bailey, Beil.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.