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There are approximately 25,047 people named Bull in the UK. That makes it the 394th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 396 are named Bull.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Nickname

Related and similar surnames

Buhl
Boul
Beul
Boell
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Boula
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Buhll
Beull
Boull
Bbul
Booll
Bouhl
Beuhl
Boehll
Boulls
Boulla
Beulla
Boullu
Boullo
Boulli
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Boully
Boells
Beullei
Beully

The Bull surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

A well-known animal, powerful, fierce, and violent. The name may have originated from the sign of a shop or inn, as "John at the Bull." Bul, in Saxon, is a brooch, a stud, a bracelet.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BULL. A very natural sobriquet, as well as a common inn-sign, and a frequent heraldric charge. It may, however, be a personal name, as the forms Bole, Bolle, &c., arc found in Domesd. The corresponding names Taureau, Torel, Tyrel, Torelli, BuUe, &c., are plentiful on the continent. Let no Frenchman, however, think that " John Bull" is tbe commonest of designations iu England, for in the Loud. Direct, of 1852, I find only four people so called.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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