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    The surname Bull

    A nickname surname, carried by 11,646 people in the United States.

    1 syllable 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). Bull is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

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

    Bull is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,646 people named Bull in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,511 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,254.

    #3,088
    rank among US surnames
    11,646
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,936)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,079Lyman11,66426,470
    #3,080Sommer11,66226,474
    #3,082McHenry11,66026,479
    #3,083Cason11,65726,486
    #3,084Faulk11,65626,488
    #3,086Bigelow11,65026,502
    #3,087Helm11,64926,504

    Who is named Bull

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

    86% of people named Bull identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bulls

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Bull
      American film, stage and television actor (1924–2014)
    • Hedley Bull
      Australian academic (1932-1985)
    • Emma Bull
      American writer, born 1954
    • Peter Bull
      British actor (1912-1984)
    • Sandy Bull
      American folk musician (1941-2001)

    Notable Bulls come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Bull

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bull?
    11,646 people in the United States had the surname Bull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,511 Americans. It ranked 3,088th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bull?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Bull identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bull?
    Richard Bull, American film, stage and television actor (1924–2014), followed by Hedley Bull.
    Where is the surname Bull most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bull in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Bull?
    Bull is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Bull getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,646 in 2010, up 3.5%.