The Bullard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,755 people carried this name — #1,509 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 22,539 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bullard surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘a bull-herd’.

An early record he cites: Geoffrey Bolhard, Wiltshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 145 · public domain.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 33 people named Bullard.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Oise.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Oise 14
Paris 7
Yvelines 3
Doubs 2
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 2
Gironde 1
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1
Haute-Saône 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

97 Bullard families were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 550 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 57
North Carolina 15
New Hampshire 8
Connecticut 6
Virginia 4
Vermont 3
South Carolina 3
New York 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 232 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Bullard in American newspapers,
1907–1920.

Newspaper page from The Miller Press carrying the name Bullard
The Miller Press 1916-09-21
Newspaper page from The Star carrying the name Bullard
The Star 1907-11-13
Newspaper page from The Chattanooga News carrying the name Bullard
The Chattanooga News 1920-01-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 108,503 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bullard in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

1,883 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bullard. The most, 348, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,184
Victoria 322
Queensland 158
Western Australia 91
South Australia 59
Tasmania 55
ACT (Canberra) 10

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bullard.

Who carried it

People named Bullard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Adams Bullard
    Henry Adams Bullard 1788–1851 · judge
  • Julia Bullard Nelson
    Julia Bullard Nelson 1842–1914 · suffragist
  • John Bullard 1807–1881
  • Talbott Bullard 1815–1863
  • Stephen Hopkins Bullard 1818–1873
  • Harriet Bullard 1824–1916

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bullard,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,437 records

1,437 records of the Bullard name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 729
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 255
  • Other U.S. records 453
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Verner S. Bullard

    Born 1910 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; social worker from Davidson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1948, buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Curtis Herman Bullard

    Born 1945; from Wister, Oklahoma. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Emma Bullard

    Arrived at New York in 1877 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 27; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,437 records for Bullard in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia105 records

105 records of the Bullard name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 46
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 29
  • Other Australian records 30
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Bullard

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Fairlie, arriving 1834; ticket of leave 1838. Native of Huntingdonshire.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizabeth Bullard

    Arrived in Queensland in 1885 aboard the Duke of Sutherland, aged 27.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John W. Bullard

    Former farmer of Cranbourne, Victoria; died 1941.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 105 records for Bullard in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France21 records

21 records of the Bullard name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Victor Eugene Bullard

    Born 1898 in Beaumont-sur-Oise (Yvelines); died 1975 in Carbon-Blanc (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Agnes Eugenie Marie Bullard

    Born 1903 in Plainval; died 1974 in Compiègne (Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Denis Marcel Paul Bullard

    Born 1960 in Verberie; died 1984 in Saint-Leu-d'Esserent (Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Bullard in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada17 records

17 records of the Bullard name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 6
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Other Canadian records 8
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Edmund Bullard

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of St Thomas, Barbados, British West Indies.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Walter Bullard

    Buried in 1977 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 81.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Dona M. Bullard

    Buried in 1951 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 17 records for Bullard in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom10 records

10 records of the Bullard name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 9
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Bullard

    Sapper, Royal Engineers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Bullard

    Lance Corporal, Manchester Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Bullard

    Middlesex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Bullard in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands9 records

9 records of the Bullard name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 4
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  • Dutch population registers 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Hendrik Bullard

    Died 1828 in Houten, aged 84.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elizabeth Bullard

    Married in 1829 in Leiden; born 1805 in Houten.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Clara Lucij Ann Bullard

    In a population register; born 1863 in Therfield.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Bullard in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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