The Bula surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 589 people carried this name — #37,735 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 569 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bula surname
Perhaps from bula (“handwritten document from the papal chancellery”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bula» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
2,773 people named Bula have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 3,390 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
375 people named Bula live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 303 people named Bula live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Bula.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Charente-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bula.
- Buhler 3,146 · U.S. census
- Buhr 2,452 · U.S. census
- Bui 28,919 · U.S. census
- Buis 1,257 · U.S. census
- Buisson 302 · U.S. census
- Bukowski 3,487 · U.S. census
- Bulan 213 · U.S. census
- Buland 134 · U.S. census
- Bulin 344 · U.S. census
- Bull 11,646 · U.S. census
- Bulle 228 · U.S. census
- Bully 183 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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