How common is the surname Bologna?

1,827 people in the United States had the surname Bologna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,990 Americans. It ranked 15,907th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bologna?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bologna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bologna?

Joseph Bologna, American actor (1934–2017), followed by Enrique Bologna.

Where is the surname Bologna most common?

Wikidata records people named Bologna in the United States and Argentina.

How do you pronounce Bologna?

Bologna is /bəˈloʊnjə/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Bologna getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,834 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,827 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Bologna

An Italian place surname, carried by 1,827 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bəˈloʊnjə/ 3 syllables Soundex B425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bologna is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic. Doublet of Boleyn and Boulogne.

Bologna is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,827 people named Bologna in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,990 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,834.

#15,907

rank among US surnames

1,827

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,831)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,898	Risser	1,829	168,806
#15,903	Hohl	1,828	168,898
#15,907	Mullican	1,827	168,990
#15,912	Sautter	1,826	169,083

Who is named Bologna

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

93% of people named Bologna identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bolognas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joseph Bologna
American actor (1934–2017)
Enrique Bologna
Argentine footballer, born 1982

Notable Bolognas come mostly from the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bologna

Bolsonaro

Bologna has the Soundex code B425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B425.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bologna come from?: From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic. Doublet of Boleyn and Boulogne.
How common is the surname Bologna?: 1,827 people in the United States had the surname Bologna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,990 Americans. It ranked 15,907th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bologna?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bologna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bologna?: Joseph Bologna, American actor (1934–2017), followed by Enrique Bologna.
Where is the surname Bologna most common?: Wikidata records people named Bologna in the United States and Argentina.
How do you pronounce Bologna?: Bologna is /bəˈloʊnjə/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Bologna?: Bologna is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bologna getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,834 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,827 in 2010, down 0.4%.