# Bohl (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bohl/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,125 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,310 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,799 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (3,120 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a north German surname, from the personal name Baldo, from the root of the adjective bold. * Also as a north German surname, from the place name Bohl in Germany. * Also as a north German surname, spelling variant of Bohle.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bohl in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bohl in the Russian Empire.

## People named Bohl

- Piers Bohl, Baltic German mathematician (1865-1921)

## Similar surnames

Boyle, Boley, Boll, Buhl, Bahl, Behl, Bole, Boal, Bolla, Bailey, Bell, Ball.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.