# Boll (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,893 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,993 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 106,722 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (2,857 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Boell |

## Etymology

* As a Danish and German surname, from Danish Bøll, German Böll. * Also as a German surname, from the personal name Baldo (see Bold). Compare Boell. * As an English surname, variant of Bull. * Also as an English surname, from the noun bowl. Compare Bowler. * As a Scottish surname, variant of Boyle.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boll 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Bell, Ball, Boyle, Bull, Bill, Boley, Bohl, Bole, Boal, Bolla, Bowell, Bailey.

## 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.