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    The surname Bolling

    A nickname surname, carried by 6,414 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B452

    Bolling: #5,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bolling #5,429, 6,414 people Bolling: #5,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bolling #5,429, 6,414 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolling is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    Originally a nickname for someone with a large head with close-cut hair, similar to a bolling/pollard.

    Bolling is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,414 people named Bolling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,136 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,995.

    #5,429
    rank among US surnames
    6,414
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,350)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,425Saechao6,41948,099
    #5,427Medlock6,41648,121
    #5,428Gammon6,41548,129
    #5,429Bolling6,41448,136
    #5,431Mumford6,41348,144

    Who is named Bolling

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

    65% of people named Bolling identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Bolling

    Bolling has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bolling come from?
    Originally a nickname for someone with a large head with close-cut hair, similar to a bolling/pollard.
    How common is the surname Bolling?
    6,414 people in the United States had the surname Bolling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,136 Americans. It ranked 5,429th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bolling?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Bolling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Bolling?
    Bolling is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Bolling getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,414 in 2010, up 7.0%.
    What are other spellings of Bolling?
    Boling.