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

Bulak, 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 Bulak surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bulak in America

Bulak is the 95115th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bulak surname appeared 192 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 Bulak.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bulak to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bulak

The surname Bulak is believed to have originated in the Slavic regions of Eastern Europe, particularly in present-day Poland and Ukraine. It dates back to the 14th century and is thought to derive from the Slavic word "bulava," which referred to a ceremonial mace or staff carried by military commanders and officials.

Bulak is a toponymic surname, meaning it is derived from a place name. In this case, it is likely linked to the village of Bulakow, located in the Lublin region of eastern Poland. The name may have originated as a way to identify individuals who came from or lived in this village.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Bulak surname appears in the Akta Grodzkie, a collection of Polish court records from the 15th and 16th centuries. A man named Stanislaw Bulak is mentioned in an entry dated 1472, where he is referred to as a landowner in the village of Bulakow.

In the 16th century, the Bulak surname can be found in various historical documents from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, such as tax records and land registers. A notable individual from this period was Jan Bulak, a military commander who served under King Sigismund III Vasa in the early 1600s.

As the centuries passed, the Bulak surname spread to other parts of Eastern Europe, including modern-day Belarus and Ukraine. One prominent figure was Mykola Bulak (1823-1897), a Ukrainian writer and playwright who was a leading figure in the Ukrainian cultural renaissance of the 19th century.

In the late 19th century, a branch of the Bulak family emigrated to the United States. Among them was Stanislav Bulak (1865-1942), who settled in Chicago and became a successful businessman and community leader within the city's Polish immigrant community.

Another notable individual with the Bulak surname was Wladyslaw Bulak (1892-1965), a Polish-born artist and sculptor who spent much of his career in France. His works can be found in museums and public spaces throughout Europe.

While the Bulak surname has its roots in Eastern Europe, it has since spread to other parts of the world through migration and intermarriage. However, its origins can be traced back to the Slavic regions and the small village of Bulakow, where it first emerged as a way to identify individuals from that particular location.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bulak

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

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 Bulak 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.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bulak has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

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 Bulak was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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