How common is the surname Boldt?

4,538 people in the United States had the surname Boldt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,036 Americans. It ranked 7,344th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boldt?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Boldt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Boldt most common?

Wikidata records people named Boldt in the United States.

Is the surname Boldt getting more or less common?

More common. 4,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,538 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Boldt

A surname, carried by 4,538 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boldt is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

German and Danish surname, from the ancient Germanic name Baldo, related to the adjective bold. Compare Bold, Bolt.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,538 people named Boldt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,036 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,342.

#7,344

rank among US surnames

4,538

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,099)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,335	Delvecchio	4,548	67,886
#7,336	Gurney	4,547	67,901
#7,337	Amezquita	4,544	67,946
#7,338	Burmeister	4,543	67,961
#7,339	Macaluso	4,542	67,976
#7,342	Crozier	4,541	67,991
#7,343	Surratt	4,539	68,021

Who is named Boldt

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

95% of people named Boldt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boldts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Casey Affleck
American actor, born 1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boldt

Boldt has the Soundex code B430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B430.

Questions

Where does the surname Boldt come from?: German and Danish surname, from the ancient Germanic name Baldo, related to the adjective bold. Compare Bold, Bolt.
How common is the surname Boldt?: 4,538 people in the United States had the surname Boldt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,036 Americans. It ranked 7,344th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boldt?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Boldt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Boldt?: Casey Affleck, American actor.
Where is the surname Boldt most common?: Wikidata records people named Boldt in the United States.
Is the surname Boldt getting more or less common?: More common. 4,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,538 in 2010, up 4.5%.