Bulley
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Buley
Etymology
From Old English bula (“bull”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to bull + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Bulley (countable and uncountable, plural Bulleys)
- A hamlet in Churcham parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7619).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bulley is the 57234th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 356 individuals. Bulley is most common among White (72.19%) and Black/African American (22.19%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bulley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250.
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