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The BULGER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,151 9467 0.001 12
United States (1880 census) 1,796 3289 0.004 36
Change since 1880 +1355 -6178 -0.003 -24
Other Countries
Australia 159 9306 0.001 10
United Kingdom 303 12672 0.001 7
Top States for BULGER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 375 4845 0.002 20
Florida 250 7286 0.002 16
Massachusetts 236 3472 0.004 37
Pennsylvania 215 6660 0.002 18
Alabama 195 2951 0.004 44
Top States for BULGER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 73 2687 0.006 57
Alabama 195 2951 0.004 44
Massachusetts 236 3472 0.004 37
Vermont 19 4588 0.003 31
New Jersey 173 5274 0.002 21

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BULGER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BULGER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BULGER in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BULGER by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BULGER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BULGER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BULGER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BULGER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 323 10.25
White (Hispanic) 61 1.94
Mixed Race 26 0.83
White (Caucasian) 2,732 86.7
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BULGER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BULGER in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of BULGER.

Similar names to BULGER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BULGER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BULGER

The following words are slight variants of BULGER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.