How common is the surname Bolles?

2,423 people in the United States had the surname Bolles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,423 Americans. It ranked 12,740th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bolles?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bolles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bolles?

Garett Bolles, American football player (born 1992).

Where is the surname Bolles most common?

Wikidata records people named Bolles in the United States.

Is the surname Bolles getting more or less common?

More common. 2,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,423 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Bolles

A German surname, carried by 2,423 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolles is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Bolles or Bölles.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,423 people named Bolles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,423 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,292.

#12,740

rank among US surnames

2,423

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,418)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,732	Nishimura	2,424	127,370
#12,740	Bracamonte	2,423	127,423
#12,744	Fuerte	2,422	127,475
#12,745	Mudge	2,421	127,528

Who is named Bolles

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

90% of people named Bolles identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bolless

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Garett Bolles
American football player (born 1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bolles

Bolles has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bolles come from?: Borrowed from German Bolles or Bölles.
How common is the surname Bolles?: 2,423 people in the United States had the surname Bolles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,423 Americans. It ranked 12,740th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bolles?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bolles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bolles?: Garett Bolles, American football player (born 1992).
Where is the surname Bolles most common?: Wikidata records people named Bolles in the United States.
Is the surname Bolles getting more or less common?: More common. 2,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,423 in 2010, up 5.7%.