Bulthuis

surname · Latin script

/ˈbəɫðuɪz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bulthuis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A topographic surname borrowed from Dutch Bulthuis, from bult (“bump, knoll”) + huis (“house”).

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 13K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 486K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 242K

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.

Netherlands (measured from records)

1,283 people, 2007

Sources
171 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Bulthuis: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Bulthuis
  1. DutchBulthuis(measured from records)
  2. Dutch rootbult“bump“bump, knoll”(measured from records)

A topographic surname borrowed from Dutch Bulthuis, from bult (“bump, knoll”) + huis (“house”).

Sources 1

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bulthuis 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 Bulthuis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands1,2831 in 13K1.3KBulthuis55
US United States6841 in 486K684Bulthuis171
DZ Algeria≈130 est.≈1 in 342K—Bulthuis1
DE Germany≈66 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Bulthuis19
IT Italy≈60 est.≈1 in 1M—Bulthuis1
SG Singapore≈26 est.≈1 in 242K—Bulthuis1
BE Belgium191 in 617K19Bulthuis6

1,283 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)

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

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bülthuis

36 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Jan Bulthuis, b. 1750Hendrik Bulthuis, b. 1865Hendrik Bulthuis, b. 1892Rico Bulthuis, b. 1911Kees Bulthuis, b. 1937Sacha Bulthuis, b. 1948Davy Bulthuis, b. 1990

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Bulthuis,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Bulthuis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20071.3K#1,253
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010684#33,379
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020653#36,810
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000619#34,599
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200819#49,263
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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

What does the name Bulthuis mean, and where does it come from?
A topographic surname borrowed from Dutch Bulthuis, from bult (“bump, knoll”) + huis (“house”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Bulthuis?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbəɫðuɪz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Bulthuis have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Bulthuis, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bulthuis.
Where is Bulthuis most common?
Bulthuis is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 13 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Bulthuis?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,283 people named Bulthuis in 2007, about 1 in 13 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, “Bulthuis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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