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    The surname Bolds

    A surname, carried by 1,957 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B432

    Bolds: #15,074 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bolds #15,074, 1,957 people Bolds: #15,074 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bolds #15,074, 1,957 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolds is more common than 90.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,957 people named Bolds in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,765 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,626.

    #15,074
    rank among US surnames
    1,957
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,314)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,066Mitra1,958157,684
    #15,074Bolds1,957157,765
    #15,080Marmol1,956157,845

    Who is named Bolds

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

    69% of people named Bolds identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 69%
    • White (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bolds

    Bolds has the Soundex code B432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B432.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bolds?
    1,957 people in the United States had the surname Bolds in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,765 Americans. It ranked 15,074th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bolds?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Bolds identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bolds getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,957 in 2010, up 20%.