Find out how popular the last name Buelteman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Buelteman.

Buelteman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Buelteman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Buelteman in America

Buelteman is the 156044th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Buelteman surname appeared 104 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Buelteman.

The history of the last name Buelteman

The surname BUELTEMAN is of German origin, originating in the late medieval period. It is believed to have derived from the Old High German words "bul" meaning hill or mound, and "teman" meaning man or person, suggesting it may have referred to someone who lived near a hill or mound.

One of the earliest recorded references to the name can be found in the town records of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a medieval town in Bavaria, Germany, where a Heinricus Buelteman is mentioned in a document dated 1389. This suggests the name was already established in that region by the 14th century.

The surname appears to have spread throughout various parts of Germany in the following centuries. In the 16th century, there are records of a Matthias Buelteman from Nuremberg, a prominent city in Franconia, who was a master cooper (barrel maker) and guild member in 1542.

Another notable early bearer of the name was Hans Buelteman, a merchant and burgher (citizen) of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck in northern Germany, who is mentioned in city records from the late 15th century.

In the 17th century, the name can be found in various regions of Germany, including a Johann Buelteman, a farmer from the village of Kirchheim in Hesse, born in 1632. There is also a record of a Christoph Buelteman, a Lutheran pastor in the town of Schmalkalden in Thuringia, who served from 1674 to 1711.

One of the earliest known instances of the name outside of Germany can be found in the Netherlands, where a Gerrit Buelteman is recorded as a merchant in Amsterdam in the late 17th century.

As the name continued to spread and evolve over the centuries, various spelling variations emerged, including Bültemann, Bühltemann, and Bühlmann, among others. However, the original spelling of BUELTEMAN remained prominent, particularly in northern Germany.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Buelteman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Buelteman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Buelteman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Buelteman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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