How common is the surname Bolden?

21,819 people in the United States had the surname Bolden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,150 Americans. It ranked 1,649th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bolden?

Charles Bolden, 23rd Administrator of NASA and astronaut, followed by Buddy Bolden.

Where is the surname Bolden most common?

Wikidata records people named Bolden in the United States.

Is the surname Bolden getting more or less common?

More common. 20,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,819 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Bolden

A surname, carried by 21,819 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolden is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,819 people named Bolden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,150 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,015.

#1,649

rank among US surnames

21,819

people in 2010

7.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #1,638)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,640	Winkler	21,993	14,038
#1,641	Painter	21,969	14,054
#1,642	Regan	21,951	14,065
#1,643	Bragg	21,934	14,076
#1,644	Engel	21,933	14,077
#1,645	Valadez	21,859	14,124
#1,646	Carbajal	21,838	14,138

Who is named Bolden

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

72% of people named Bolden identified as Black (not Hispanic), 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 72%
White (not Hispanic) 21%
Two or more races 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Boldens

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Bolden
23rd Administrator of NASA and astronaut, born 1946
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer (1877–1931)
Elizabeth Bolden
American supercentenarian (1890–2006)
Jonah Bolden
Australian basketball player (born 1996)
Marques Bolden
American-born Indonesian basketball player, born 1998
Brandon Bolden
American football player, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bolden

Bolden has the Soundex code B435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B435.

Questions

How common is the surname Bolden?: 21,819 people in the United States had the surname Bolden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,150 Americans. It ranked 1,649th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bolden?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Bolden identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bolden?: Charles Bolden, 23rd Administrator of NASA and astronaut, followed by Buddy Bolden.
Where is the surname Bolden most common?: Wikidata records people named Bolden in the United States.
Is the surname Bolden getting more or less common?: More common. 20,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,819 in 2010, up 9.0%.