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    The surname Boleyn

    A place surname, carried by 432 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbəʊlɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex B450

    Boleyn: #48,800 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Boleyn #48,800, 432 people Boleyn: #48,800 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Boleyn #48,800, 432 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boleyn is more common than 69.9% of them.

    Origin

    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.

    Boleyn is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 432 people named Boleyn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 714,689 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 384.

    #48,800
    rank among US surnames
    432
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.5%
    change since 2000 (was #51,024)

    Who is named Boleyn

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

    96% of people named Boleyn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boleyn

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boleyn come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Boleyn?
    432 people in the United States had the surname Boleyn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 714,689 Americans. It ranked 48,800th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boleyn?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Boleyn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Boleyn?
    Boleyn is /ˈbəʊlɪn/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Boleyn?
    Boleyn is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Boleyn getting more or less common?
    More common. 384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 432 in 2010, up 13%.