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    The surname Bult

    A Dutch surname, carried by 548 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B430

    Bult: #40,016 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bult #40,016, 548 people Bult: #40,016 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bult #40,016, 548 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bult is more common than 75.3% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    * As a Dutch surname, from several placenames derived from bult (“bump, hump”). * As an English and Dutch surname, variant of Bolt.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 548 people named Bult in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 563,404 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 551.

    #40,016
    rank among US surnames
    548
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #37,881)

    Who is named Bult

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

    96% of people named Bult identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bult

    Bult has the Soundex code B430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B430.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bult come from?
    * As a Dutch surname, from several placenames derived from bult (“bump, hump”). * As an English and Dutch surname, variant of Bolt.
    How common is the surname Bult?
    548 people in the United States had the surname Bult in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 563,404 Americans. It ranked 40,016th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bult?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bult identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bult getting more or less common?
    Less common. 551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 548 in 2010, down 0.5%.