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    The surname Bullen

    A surname, carried by 2,605 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B450

    Bullen: #11,988 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bullen #11,988, 2,605 people Bullen: #11,988 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bullen #11,988, 2,605 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bullen is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,605 people named Bullen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,520 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,333.

    #11,988
    rank among US surnames
    2,605
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,241)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,982McCay2,607118,429
    #11,984Laclair2,606118,475
    #11,988Burchard2,605118,520
    #11,993Chubb2,604118,566

    Who is named Bullen

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

    81% of people named Bullen identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Bullen

    Bullen has the Soundex code B450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bullen?
    2,605 people in the United States had the surname Bullen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,520 Americans. It ranked 11,988th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bullen?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Bullen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bullen getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,333 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,605 in 2010, up 12%.
    What are other spellings of Bullen?
    Bollen and Bullins.