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    The surname Bulthuis

    A Dutch place surname, carried by 684 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B432

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bulthuis is more common than 79.4% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    A topographic surname borrowed from Dutch Bulthuis, from bult (“bump, knoll”) + huis (“house”).

    Bulthuis is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 684 people named Bulthuis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 451,382 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 619.

    #33,379
    rank among US surnames
    684
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.5%
    change since 2000 (was #34,599)

    Who is named Bulthuis

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

    95% of people named Bulthuis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bulthuis come from?
    A topographic surname borrowed from Dutch Bulthuis, from bult (“bump, knoll”) + huis (“house”).
    How common is the surname Bulthuis?
    684 people in the United States had the surname Bulthuis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 451,382 Americans. It ranked 33,379th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bulthuis?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bulthuis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Bulthuis?
    Bulthuis is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bulthuis getting more or less common?
    More common. 619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 684 in 2010, up 11%.