How common is the surname Bolander?

2,114 people in the United States had the surname Bolander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. It ranked 14,201st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bolander?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bolander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bolander?

Henry Nicholas Bolander, American botanist (1831-1897).

Where is the surname Bolander most common?

Wikidata records people named Bolander in Electorate of Hesse.

Is the surname Bolander getting more or less common?

More common. 2,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,114 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Bolander

A surname, carried by 2,114 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolander is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,114 people named Bolander in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,015.

#14,201

rank among US surnames

2,114

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,780)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,197	Riggio	2,115	145,979
#14,201	Neher	2,114	146,048
#14,208	Sprayberry	2,113	146,117

Who is named Bolander

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

94% of people named Bolander identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bolanders

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Nicholas Bolander
American botanist (1831-1897)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bolander

Bolander has the Soundex code B453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B453.

Questions

How common is the surname Bolander?: 2,114 people in the United States had the surname Bolander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. It ranked 14,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bolander?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bolander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bolander?: Henry Nicholas Bolander, American botanist (1831-1897).
Where is the surname Bolander most common?: Wikidata records people named Bolander in Electorate of Hesse.
Is the surname Bolander getting more or less common?: More common. 2,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,114 in 2010, up 4.9%.