How common is the surname Bullard?

23,755 people in the United States had the surname Bullard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,997 Americans. It ranked 1,509th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bullard?

Matt Bullard, American basketball player (born 1967).

Where is the surname Bullard most common?

Wikidata records people named Bullard in the United States.

Is the surname Bullard getting more or less common?

More common. 22,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,755 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Bullard

A French surname, carried by 23,755 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B463

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bullard is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from Old French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,755 people named Bullard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,997 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,539.

#1,509

rank among US surnames

23,755

people in 2010

8.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,453)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,500	Horner	23,881	12,929
#1,501	Conklin	23,846	12,947
#1,502	Holbrook	23,843	12,949
#1,504	Hollingsworth	23,831	12,956
#1,505	Clement	23,830	12,956
#1,506	Devine	23,775	12,986
#1,507	Crockett	23,769	12,989

Who is named Bullard

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

71% of people named Bullard identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
American Indian and Alaska Native 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bullards

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matt Bullard
American basketball player (born 1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bullard

Bullard has the Soundex code B463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B463.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bullard come from?: Bullard is French in origin.
How common is the surname Bullard?: 23,755 people in the United States had the surname Bullard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,997 Americans. It ranked 1,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bullard?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Bullard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bullard?: Matt Bullard, American basketball player (born 1967).
Where is the surname Bullard most common?: Wikidata records people named Bullard in the United States.
Is the surname Bullard getting more or less common?: More common. 22,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,755 in 2010, up 5.4%.