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    The surname Bolin

    A surname, carried by 12,962 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B450

    Bolin: #2,783 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bolin #2,783, 12,962 people Bolin: #2,783 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bolin #2,783, 12,962 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolin is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    Archaic variant of Bollin.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,962 people named Bolin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,819 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 12,895.

    #2,783
    rank among US surnames
    12,962
    people in 2010
    4.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,577)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,774Devlin13,01423,724
    #2,775Woo13,00323,744
    #2,776Steen12,98923,770
    #2,777Leggett12,97723,792
    #2,778Girard12,97523,795
    #2,779Su12,97323,799
    #2,780Gann12,97223,801

    Who is named Bolin

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

    91% of people named Bolin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bolins

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tommy Bolin
      American guitarist (1951–1976)
    • Jane Bolin
      American judge (1908–2007)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bolin

    Bolin 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 Bolin come from?
    Archaic variant of Bollin.
    How common is the surname Bolin?
    12,962 people in the United States had the surname Bolin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,819 Americans. It ranked 2,783rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bolin?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bolin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bolin?
    Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (1951–1976), followed by Jane Bolin.
    Where is the surname Bolin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bolin in the United States.
    Is the surname Bolin getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,962 in 2010, up 0.5%.