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

Bultmann, 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 Bultmann surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bultmann in America

Bultmann is the 143149th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bultmann surname appeared 116 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 Bultmann.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bultmann 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 Bultmann

The surname Bultmann is of German origin, specifically from the northern region of Lower Saxony. It is believed to have emerged sometime in the Middle Ages, likely between the 11th and 13th centuries. The name is derived from the Old German words "bulte" or "bult", meaning a small hill or mound, and "mann", which translates to man or person. This suggests that the surname Bultmann may have originally referred to someone who lived near or on a small hill or mound.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Bultmann can be found in the Bremisches Urkundenbuch, a collection of historical documents from the city of Bremen, dating back to the 13th century. In these records, a certain "Henricus Bultmann" is mentioned, though no specific dates are provided. Additionally, variations of the spelling, such as "Bultman" and "Bultemannus", have been documented in various medieval records from the region.

In the late 16th century, a notable figure named Hans Bultmann (c. 1570 - 1645) was a prominent merchant and council member in the city of Lübeck, one of the principal cities of the Hanseatic League. His name appears in various municipal records and accounts from that time period. Another individual of note was Johann Bultmann (1718 - 1796), a Lutheran theologian and author from Westphalia, who published several works on religious subjects.

During the 19th century, the name Bultmann gained further recognition with the birth of Rudolf Bultmann (1884 - 1976), a highly influential German theologian and scholar of the New Testament. His groundbreaking work on demythologizing the New Testament texts had a significant impact on modern biblical interpretation and hermeneutics.

Other notable individuals with the surname Bultmann include Karl Bultmann (1834 - 1912), a German jurist and legal scholar, and Ernst Bultmann (1895 - 1962), a German architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings and urban developments in Berlin in the early 20th century.

While the surname Bultmann has its roots in northern Germany, it has since spread to other parts of the world through migration and diaspora, though it remains relatively uncommon outside of its original region of origin.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bultmann

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

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

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