The Bullington surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,015 people carried this name — #8,250 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is down 3% from 4,153 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Bullington surname

From the Old English surname; see Billington.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bullington» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Bullington in American newspapers,
1872.

Newspaper page from The Republican Journal carrying the name Bullington — **The Republican Journal** 1872-10-24

Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Bullington — **The Portland Daily Press** 1872-10-12

Newspaper page from The Kenosha Telegraph carrying the name Bullington — **The Kenosha Telegraph** 1872-11-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,730 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bullington in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1940s.

121 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bullington. The most, 32, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 50

Queensland 44

Victoria 13

Tasmania 5

South Australia 4

Western Australia 4

Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Bullington,
with a public archive behind them.

Kenneth Bullington 1913–1984 · engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bullington,
in the records of 3 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 States199 records

199 records of the Bullington name in the United States

U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 143
U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 40
New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1

Example: U.S. registration card, 1942

Military record Grady T. Bullington
Born 1926 in Georgia. Enlisted 1944 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; driver from Dougherty County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Crown Hill Cemetery & Mausoleum, Albany, Georgia.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Example: U.S. war memorial

War record James Allen Bullington
Born 1945; from Santa Rosa, California. U.S. Army, helicopter pilot; killed in action 1967 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864

Burial record John R. Bullington
Confederate Army veteran. Born 1835, died 1920; buried at Peaster Cemetery, Weatherford, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 199 records for Bullington in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Bullington name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records

Example: Canadian cemetery

Burial record Edith Bullington
Buried in 1983 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 73.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Example: Canadian cemetery

Burial record Alva Raymond Bullington
Buried in 1975 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 73.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Bullington name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923

Example: passenger manifest, 1903

Passenger record John Bullington
Arrived in Victoria in 1913 aboard the Beltana, aged 20.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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