Bulnes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bulnes.

Proper noun

Bulnes (plural Bulneses)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Bulnesia

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bulnes is the 40554^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 539 individuals. Bulnes is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.94%) and White (10.58%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulnes/ [ˈbul.nes]
• Rhymes: -ulnes
• Syllabification: Bul‧nes

Proper noun

Bulnes m or f by sense

1. a surname
2. A commune of Chile
3. (historical) A department of Chile