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    The surname Bollin

    An English surname, carried by 1,483 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B450

    Bollin: #18,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bollin #18,584, 1,483 people Bollin: #18,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bollin #18,584, 1,483 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bollin is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Uncertain. Possibly from Old English bōl (“eel”) + hlynn (“a torrent, a noisy stream”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,483 people named Bollin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,190 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,265.

    #18,584
    rank among US surnames
    1,483
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,710)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,579Shimabukuro1,484208,050
    #18,584Bollin1,483208,190

    Who is named Bollin

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

    83% of people named Bollin identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bollin

    Bollin has the Soundex code B450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B450.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bollin come from?
    Uncertain. Possibly from Old English bōl (“eel”) + hlynn (“a torrent, a noisy stream”).
    How common is the surname Bollin?
    1,483 people in the United States had the surname Bollin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,190 Americans. It ranked 18,584th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bollin?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Bollin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bollin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,483 in 2010, up 17%.