How common is the surname Bolen?

9,323 people in the United States had the surname Bolen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,117 Americans. It ranked 3,793rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bolen?

Jean Shinoda Bolen, American psychiatrist.

Where is the surname Bolen most common?

Wikidata records people named Bolen in the United States.

Is the surname Bolen getting more or less common?

More common. 8,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,323 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Bolen

A surname, carried by 9,323 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolen is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,323 people named Bolen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,117 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,927.

#3,793

rank among US surnames

9,323

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,656)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,784	Thigpen	9,359	32,989
#3,785	André	9,358	32,993
#3,786	McGrew	9,354	33,007
#3,787	Scholl	9,351	33,017
#3,788	Tarver	9,341	33,053
#3,789	Clough	9,339	33,060
#3,790	Hennessy	9,338	33,063

Who is named Bolen

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

92% of people named Bolen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bolens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jean Shinoda Bolen
American psychiatrist, born 1936

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bolen

Bolen has the Soundex code B450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B450.

Questions

How common is the surname Bolen?: 9,323 people in the United States had the surname Bolen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,117 Americans. It ranked 3,793rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bolen?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bolen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bolen?: Jean Shinoda Bolen, American psychiatrist.
Where is the surname Bolen most common?: Wikidata records people named Bolen in the United States.
Is the surname Bolen getting more or less common?: More common. 8,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,323 in 2010, up 4.4%.