How common is the surname Bolla?

611 people in the United States had the surname Bolla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 505,312 Americans. It ranked 36,585th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bolla?

In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Bolla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

How do you pronounce Bolla?

Bolla is /ˈboʊlə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bolla getting more or less common?

Less common. 620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 611 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Bolla

A Catalan surname, carried by 611 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈboʊlə/ 2 syllables Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolla is more common than 77.5% of them.

Origin

Catalan origin

Various origins: * Borrowed from Catalan and Spanish bola (“sphere, ball”). * Borrowed from Hungarian Bolla, a surname, from a pet form of Barabás, Barnabás; see Barnaby. * Borrowed from Telugu [Term?].

One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 611 people named Bolla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 505,312 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 620.

#36,585

rank among US surnames

611

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #34,554)

Who is named Bolla

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

70% of people named Bolla identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Asian and Pacific Islander 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bolla

Bolla has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Other Catalan surnames

All 39 Catalan surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bolla come from?: Various origins: * Borrowed from Catalan and Spanish bola (“sphere, ball”). * Borrowed from Hungarian Bolla, a surname, from a pet form of Barabás, Barnabás; see Barnaby. * Borrowed from Telugu [Term?].
How common is the surname Bolla?: 611 people in the United States had the surname Bolla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 505,312 Americans. It ranked 36,585th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bolla?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Bolla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
How do you pronounce Bolla?: Bolla is /ˈboʊlə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Bolla getting more or less common?: Less common. 620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 611 in 2010, down 1.5%.