How common is the surname Boller?

2,320 people in the United States had the surname Boller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,080 Americans. It ranked 13,177th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Boller?

Kyle Boller, American football quarterback.

Where is the surname Boller most common?

Wikidata records people named Boller in the United States.

Is the surname Boller getting more or less common?

More common. 2,103 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,320 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Boller

A surname, carried by 2,320 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boller is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

* As a south German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname Böller, from several places named Boll, from both Middle High German bolle (“round container”) and Middle Low German bolle (“something ball-shaped”), ultimately from the root of bowl. * Also as a south German and Swiss German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German bollen (“to bluster”), perhaps imitative. * Also as a German surname, from a Low German shortening of Baldwin. * As a Hungarian surname Böllér, from the noun böllér “butcher, pigsticker”.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,320 people named Boller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,080 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,103.

#13,177

rank among US surnames

2,320

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,300)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,171	Tedeschi	2,321	133,023
#13,177	Kennison	2,320	133,080
#13,184	Landman	2,319	133,137
#13,186	Moraga	2,318	133,195

Who is named Boller

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

89% of people named Boller identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bollers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kyle Boller
American football quarterback, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boller

Boller has the Soundex code B460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B460.

Questions

Where does the surname Boller come from?: * As a south German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname Böller, from several places named Boll, from both Middle High German bolle (“round container”) and Middle Low German bolle (“something ball-shaped”), ultimately from the root of bowl. * Also as a south German and Swiss German surname, from the…
How common is the surname Boller?: 2,320 people in the United States had the surname Boller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,080 Americans. It ranked 13,177th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boller?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Boller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Boller?: Kyle Boller, American football quarterback.
Where is the surname Boller most common?: Wikidata records people named Boller in the United States.
Is the surname Boller getting more or less common?: More common. 2,103 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,320 in 2010, up 10%.