How common is the surname Bole?

1,036 people in the United States had the surname Bole in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. It ranked 24,222nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bole?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bole identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Bole?

Cliff Bole, American television director (1937–2014), followed by Lukács Bőle.

Where is the surname Bole most common?

Wikidata records people named Bole in the United States and Hungary.

Is the surname Bole getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,036 in 2010, down 9.2%.

The surname Bole

A surname, carried by 1,036 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bole is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,036 people named Bole in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. That is down 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,141.

#24,222

rank among US surnames

1,036

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-9.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,381)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#24,214	Ansel	1,037	297,730
#24,222	Hallgren	1,036	298,017

Who is named Bole

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

90% of people named Bole identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cliff Bole
American television director (1937–2014)
Lukács Bőle
Association football player, born 1990

Notable Boles come mostly from the United States (1) and Hungary (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bole

Bole has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Questions

How common is the surname Bole?: 1,036 people in the United States had the surname Bole in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. It ranked 24,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bole?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bole identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Bole?: Cliff Bole, American television director (1937–2014), followed by Lukács Bőle.
Where is the surname Bole most common?: Wikidata records people named Bole in the United States and Hungary.
Is the surname Bole getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,036 in 2010, down 9.2%.