Explore the Family Name Bultman

The meaning of Bultman

1. Dutch: habitational name for someone who lived in a settlement named (De) Bult, located on a knoll or a height, named with bult ‘knoll’. 2. Americanized form of German Bultmann, a cognate of 1 above.

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How common is the last name Bultman in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Bultman has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 21,025th most common surname in the United States, but by 2010, its ranking had dropped to 22,421—a change of -6.64%. Over this period, the number of individuals with the Bultman surname also slightly decreased from 1,165 to 1,148, representing a drop of -1.46%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,025	#22,421	-6.64%
Count	1,165	1,148	-1.46%
Proportion per 100k	0.43	0.39	-9.3%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bultman

On the ethnicity front, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the Bultman surname identify as White, though there has been a small decrease in this group from 96.57% in 2000 to 95.12% in 2010. The proportion of those identifying as Hispanic saw the most significant increase over this time frame, rising from 0.86% to 1.92%. Meanwhile, the percentage of Bultmans identifying as Black remained relatively stable at around 1.2%, while the proportion of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian/Alaskan Native was suppressed in the 2010 data for privacy reasons. Notably, the proportion of individuals with the Bultman surname identifying as being of two or more ethnicities increased by 39.13%, albeit from a low base.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.57%	95.12%	-1.5%
Hispanic	0.86%	1.92%	123.26%
Black	1.2%	1.22%	1.67%
Two or More Races	0.69%	0.96%	39.13%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.69%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%