How common is the surname Bolan?

2,149 people in the United States had the surname Bolan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,669 Americans. It ranked 14,014th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bolan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,149 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Bolan

A surname, carried by 2,149 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolan is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,149 people named Bolan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,669 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,021.

#14,014

rank among US surnames

2,149

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,748)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,006	Dingess	2,150	143,603
#14,014	Randel	2,149	143,669

Who is named Bolan

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

88% of people named Bolan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bolan

Bolan has the Soundex code B450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B450.

Questions

How common is the surname Bolan?: 2,149 people in the United States had the surname Bolan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,669 Americans. It ranked 14,014th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bolan?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bolan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bolan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,149 in 2010, up 6.3%.