How common is the surname Bullis?

3,124 people in the United States had the surname Bullis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,830 Americans. It ranked 10,314th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bullis?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bullis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bullis getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,124 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Bullis

An English occupational surname, carried by 3,124 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bullis is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

Probably a metonymic occupational surname for someone employed in a cattle shed, from a reduced form of Middle English bulehus (“bull house”).

Bullis is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 3,124 people named Bullis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,830 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,222.

#10,314

rank among US surnames

3,124

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #9,299)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,306	Elson	3,126	98,767
#10,310	Utterback	3,125	98,799
#10,314	Bullis	3,124	98,830
#10,316	Yong	3,123	98,862
#10,320	Merlo	3,122	98,894

Who is named Bullis

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

91% of people named Bullis identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bullis

Bullis has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bullis come from?: Probably a metonymic occupational surname for someone employed in a cattle shed, from a reduced form of Middle English bulehus (“bull house”).
How common is the surname Bullis?: 3,124 people in the United States had the surname Bullis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,830 Americans. It ranked 10,314th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bullis?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bullis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Bullis?: Bullis is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Bullis getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,124 in 2010, down 3.0%.