How common is the surname Bulman?

1,304 people in the United States had the surname Bulman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. It ranked 20,382nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bulman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bulman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bulman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,304 in 2010, down 2.9%.

The surname Bulman

A surname, carried by 1,304 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bulman is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,304 people named Bulman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,343.

#20,382

rank among US surnames

1,304

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.9%

change since 2000 (was #18,836)

Who is named Bulman

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

95% of people named Bulman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bulman

Bulman has the Soundex code B455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B455.

Questions

How common is the surname Bulman?: 1,304 people in the United States had the surname Bulman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,768 Americans. It ranked 20,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bulman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bulman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bulman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,304 in 2010, down 2.9%.