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    The surname Bolding

    A surname, carried by 3,581 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B435

    Bolding: #9,119 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bolding #9,119, 3,581 people Bolding: #9,119 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bolding #9,119, 3,581 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolding is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,581 people named Bolding in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,218 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,493.

    #9,119
    rank among US surnames
    3,581
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #8,667)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,114Sankey3,58486,146
    #9,117Privett3,58386,170
    #9,118Berard3,58286,194
    #9,119Beene3,58186,218
    #9,122McAdoo3,58086,242

    Who is named Bolding

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

    74% of people named Bolding identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bolding

    Bolding 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 Bolding?
    3,581 people in the United States had the surname Bolding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,218 Americans. It ranked 9,119th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bolding?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Bolding identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bolding getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,581 in 2010, up 2.5%.