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    The surname Bollinger

    A German surname, carried by 12,425 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B452

    Bollinger: #2,891 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bollinger #2,891, 12,425 people Bollinger: #2,891 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bollinger #2,891, 12,425 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bollinger is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    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 12,425 people named Bollinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,849 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,180.

    #2,891
    rank among US surnames
    12,425
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,713)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,882Spann12,45724,785
    #2,883Cooney12,45524,789
    #2,885Berrios12,45124,797
    #2,886Zelaya12,44824,803
    #2,887Jaeger12,43624,827
    #2,888Smalls12,43524,829
    #2,889Clevenger12,42824,843

    Who is named Bollinger

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

    95% of people named Bollinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bollingers

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Doug Bollinger
      Australian cricketer, born 1981
    • Lee Bollinger
      American lawyer and educator, born 1946
    • John Bollinger
      Author and financial analyst, born 1950

    Notable Bollingers come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bollinger

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bollinger come from?
    From German Bollinger. Originally a name for someone from any of several places called Bollingen and Bolling.
    How common is the surname Bollinger?
    12,425 people in the United States had the surname Bollinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,849 Americans. It ranked 2,891st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bollinger?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bollinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bollinger?
    Doug Bollinger, Australian cricketer, followed by Lee Bollinger.
    Where is the surname Bollinger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bollinger in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Bollinger getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,180 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,425 in 2010, up 2.0%.