Bullingham

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Herefordshire, from the Old English personal name Bulla + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

Proper noun

Bullingham (plural Bullinghams)

1. A surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Lower Bullingham (see etymology)

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bullingham is the 12128^th most common surname in England, belonging to 466 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bullingham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250.