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The surname Bullington

An English surname, carried by 4,015 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B452

Bullington: #8,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bullington #8,250, 4,015 people Bullington: #8,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bullington #8,250, 4,015 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bullington is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English surname; see Billington.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,015 people named Bullington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,898 Americans. That is down 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,153.

#8,250
rank among US surnames
4,015
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
-3.3%
change since 2000 (was #7,399)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,246Chauvin4,01876,841
#8,248Durkee4,01776,860
#8,249Prickett4,01676,879
#8,250Edison4,01576,898

Who is named Bullington

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

95% of people named Bullington identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bullington

Bullington has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

Other English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bullington come from?
From the Old English surname; see Billington.
How common is the surname Bullington?
4,015 people in the United States had the surname Bullington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,898 Americans. It ranked 8,250th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bullington?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bullington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bullington getting more or less common?
Less common. 4,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,015 in 2010, down 3.3%.