# Bollinger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bollinger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,425 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,891 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,849 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (12,180 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Bollinger. Originally a name for someone from any of several places called Bollingen and Bolling.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bollinger in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bollinger in the United States and Australia.

## People named Bollinger

- Doug Bollinger, Australian cricketer
- Lee Bollinger, American lawyer and educator
- John Bollinger, author and financial analyst

## Similar surnames

Belanger, Ballinger, Bellinger, Ballenger, Bolinger, Boulanger, Bellanger, Bullinger, Bowling, Boling, Bolling, Bohling.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.