# Boleyn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/boleyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 432 |
| US rank (2010) | 48,800 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 714,689 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (384 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbəʊlɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A habitational surname, inherited from Middle English Boleyne, Boloyne (“Boulogne-sur-Mer”), from Old French Boloigne, from Late Latin Bolōnia, from classical Bonōnia. Doublet of Bologna and Boulogne.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boleyn in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Bolin, Bolen, Bowlin, Boylan, Blaney, Bolan, Bohlen, Bollin, Bloom, Blum, Bellamy, Blaine.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.