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The surname Bolanos

A Spanish surname, carried by 11,829 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B452

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolanos is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Anglicization of Spanish Bolaños

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,829 people named Bolanos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,101 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,745.

#3,029
rank among US surnames
11,829
people in 2010
4.0
per 100,000 Americans
+52.7%
change since 2000 (was #4,236)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#3,020Fraley11,87625,997
#3,022Allan11,86726,017
#3,023Beauchamp11,86526,022
#3,024Viera11,86126,030
#3,025Moffett11,85326,048
#3,026Stuckey11,84626,063
#3,027Brumfield11,84226,072

Who is named Bolanos

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

94% of people named Bolanos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
  • White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • Two or more races 0.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bolanos

Bolanos has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bolanos come from?
Anglicization of Spanish Bolaños
How common is the surname Bolanos?
11,829 people in the United States had the surname Bolanos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,101 Americans. It ranked 3,029th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bolanos?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bolanos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bolanos getting more or less common?
More common. 7,745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,829 in 2010, up 53%.