How common is the surname Boling?

7,597 people in the United States had the surname Boling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,640 Americans. It ranked 4,669th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Boling getting more or less common?

More common. 7,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,597 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Boling

A surname, carried by 7,597 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boling is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

From various origins, including German Böhling and English Bolling and Bowling.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,597 people named Boling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,640 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,338.

#4,669

rank among US surnames

7,597

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,454)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,660	Heflin	7,609	40,576
#4,661	Sparkman	7,607	40,587
#4,662	Zeng	7,605	40,598
#4,663	Reitz	7,604	40,603
#4,664	Silvers	7,602	40,614
#4,666	Osuna	7,601	40,619
#4,667	Folsom	7,598	40,635

Who is named Boling

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

91% of people named Boling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boling

Boling has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

Questions

Where does the surname Boling come from?: From various origins, including German Böhling and English Bolling and Bowling.
How common is the surname Boling?: 7,597 people in the United States had the surname Boling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,640 Americans. It ranked 4,669th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boling?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Boling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Boling getting more or less common?: More common. 7,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,597 in 2010, up 3.5%.