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    The surname Bolger

    A French occupational surname, carried by 3,385 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbɒld͡ʒə/ 2 syllables Soundex B426

    Bolger: #9,598 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bolger #9,598, 3,385 people Bolger: #9,598 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bolger #9,598, 3,385 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolger is more common than 94.1% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Two main origins: * Occupational surname for a leather worker, from Old French boulgier, an agent derivative of boulge (“leather bag”). * Anglicized form of Irish Ó Bolghuidhir, Ó Bolguidhir (“descendant of Bolgodhar”), a personal name composed of the elements bolg (“belly”) + odhar (“yellow; sallow”).

    Bolger is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,385 people named Bolger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,210 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,309.

    #9,598
    rank among US surnames
    3,385
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #9,079)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,593Costantino3,38891,129
    #9,594Hoelscher3,38791,156
    #9,596Keever3,38691,183
    #9,598Lundeen3,38591,210
    #9,603Seaver3,38491,237

    Who is named Bolger

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

    91% of people named Bolger identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Belger

    Surnames that sound like Bolger

    Bolger has the Soundex code B426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B426.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bolger come from?
    Two main origins: * Occupational surname for a leather worker, from Old French boulgier, an agent derivative of boulge (“leather bag”). * Anglicized form of Irish Ó Bolghuidhir, Ó Bolguidhir (“descendant of Bolgodhar”), a personal name composed of the elements bolg (“belly”) + odhar (“yellow;…
    How common is the surname Bolger?
    3,385 people in the United States had the surname Bolger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,210 Americans. It ranked 9,598th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bolger?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bolger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Bolger?
    Bolger is /ˈbɒld͡ʒə/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Bolger?
    Bolger is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bolger getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,385 in 2010, up 2.3%.
    What are other spellings of Bolger?
    Belger.