Bulian

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Bulian is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MLMali≈1 in 94K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 250K
  • HRCroatia1 in 264K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

227 people

Sources
85 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 94K (inferred from the name graph)

Mali, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bulian counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bulian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil2271 in 933K227—1
ML Mali≈210 est.≈1 in 94K—Bulian1
DZ Algeria≈170 est.≈1 in 250K—Bulian1
IT Italy≈160 est.≈1 in 391KlistedBulian7
US United States≈110 est.≈1 in 3MlistedBulian85
AR Argentina511 in 892K51——
HR Croatia161 in 264K16——

227 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the xinhua-italian-manual register; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bulian is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, United States, Italy

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Bulián

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Bulian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—227#33,119
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—51—
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202116#25,676
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202115—
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Bulian have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 227 people named Bulian, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Bulian?
In Brazil, the national register counted 227 people named Bulian, about 1 in 933 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bulian”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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