Büll
surname · Latin script
Büll is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English bole, bul, bule, from a conflation of Old English bula (“bull, steer”) and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥no-, from *bʰel- (.
- CACanada≈1 in 41Kas Buell(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 51Kas Buell
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 80Kas Buell
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Büll itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 336 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 267K (inferred from the name graph)
6,522 named Buell, 2010
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Buell in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishbole(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*bulô“bull”(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰl̥no-(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European root*bʰel-“to blow“to blow, swell up”(measured from records)
From Middle English bole, bul, bule, from a conflation of Old English bula (“bull, steer”) and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥no-, from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian bolle, Dutch bul, German Low German Bull, German Bulle, Swedish bulla; also Old Irish ball (“limb”), Latin follis (“bellows, leather bag”), Thracian βόλινθος (vólinthos, “wild bull”), Macedonian вол (vol, "ox"), Slovene vol ("ox"), Albanian buall (“buffalo”) or related bolle (“testicles”), Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”).
Sources 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Büll 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 6,522as Buell | 1 in 51K | 6.5K | Buell | 336 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 106K | — | Buell | 4 |
| EG Egypt | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 96K | — | Buell | 2 |
| CA Canada | ≈930 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Buell | 84 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈820 est. | ≈1 in 80K | — | Buell | 40 |
| DE Germany | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 267K | — | Büll | 39 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 75K | — | Buell | 4 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Buell | 12 |
| CH Switzerland | 9 | 1 in 934K | 9 | — | 3 |
6,522 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johannes Büllb. 1878DEGerman politician (1878-1970)
- Anna Hedvig Büllb. 1887EEEstonian missionary (1887-1981)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 9 | #65,843 |
Reference works 1
- 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 Büll mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English bole, bul, bule, from a conflation of Old English bula (“bull, steer”) and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥no-, from *bʰel- (… Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 2 other sources.
- In which country does Büll have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 6.5 thousand people named Buell, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Büll?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 9 people named Büll in 2024, about 1 in 934 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, “Büll”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.