North German (Bülter): topographic name for someone who
lived on a low hill or an area of raised ground, from Middle Low
German bult(e), bülte ‘hump’, ‘knoll’ + the suffix
-er denoting an inhabitant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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