How common is the surname Bohl?

3,125 people in the United States had the surname Bohl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,799 Americans. It ranked 10,310th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bohl?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bohl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bohl?

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

Where is the surname Bohl most common?

Wikidata records people named Bohl in the Russian Empire.

Is the surname Bohl getting more or less common?

More common. 3,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,125 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Bohl

A place surname, carried by 3,125 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bohl is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Bohl is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,125 people named Bohl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,799 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,120.

#10,310

rank among US surnames

3,125

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,559)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,301	Massengale	3,128	98,704
#10,302	Brandes	3,127	98,735
#10,306	Elson	3,126	98,767
#10,310	Utterback	3,125	98,799
#10,314	Bullis	3,124	98,830
#10,316	Yong	3,123	98,862

Who is named Bohl

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Bohl identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bohls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Piers Bohl
Baltic German mathematician (1865-1921)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bohl

Bohl has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Questions

Where does the surname Bohl come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Bohl?: 3,125 people in the United States had the surname Bohl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,799 Americans. It ranked 10,310th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bohl?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bohl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bohl?: Piers Bohl, Baltic German mathematician (1865-1921).
Where is the surname Bohl most common?: Wikidata records people named Bohl in the Russian Empire.
What type of surname is Bohl?: Bohl is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bohl getting more or less common?: More common. 3,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,125 in 2010, up 0.2%.