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    The surname Boles

    A surname, carried by 14,946 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B420

    Boles: #2,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Boles #2,426, 14,946 people Boles: #2,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boles #2,426, 14,946 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boles is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,946 people named Boles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,657 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,644.

    #2,426
    rank among US surnames
    14,946
    people in 2010
    5.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,274)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,417Waggoner14,98320,606
    #2,418Gannon14,98120,609
    #2,419Meek14,97020,624
    #2,420Puente14,96620,630
    #2,421Bail14,95720,642
    #2,422Isaacs14,95120,650
    #2,423Brower14,95020,652

    Who is named Boles

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

    82% of people named Boles identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Boless

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Boles
      American actor (1895–1969)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boles

    Boles has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Boles?
    14,946 people in the United States had the surname Boles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,657 Americans. It ranked 2,426th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boles?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Boles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Boles?
    John Boles, American actor (1895–1969).
    Where is the surname Boles most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boles in the United States.
    Is the surname Boles getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,946 in 2010, up 2.1%.