# Bulley (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 356 |
| US rank (2010) | 57,234 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 867,263 people |
| Change since 2000 | -9.2% (392 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Buley |

## Etymology

From Old English bula (“bull”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to bull + -ley (“lea”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bulley 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Blue, Bull, Buell, Boley, Belle, Billy, Bouley, Baley, Bley, Bulla, Bula, Balle.

## 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.