How common is the surname Bolstad?

1,178 people in the United States had the surname Bolstad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,093 Americans. It ranked 22,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bolstad?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bolstad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bolstad getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,218 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,178 in 2010, down 3.3%.

The surname Bolstad

A surname, carried by 1,178 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolstad is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,178 people named Bolstad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,093 Americans. That is down 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,218.

#22,012

rank among US surnames

1,178

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,311)

Who is named Bolstad

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

95% of people named Bolstad identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bolstad

Bolster

Bolstad has the Soundex code B423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B423.

Questions

How common is the surname Bolstad?: 1,178 people in the United States had the surname Bolstad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,093 Americans. It ranked 22,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bolstad?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bolstad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bolstad getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,218 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,178 in 2010, down 3.3%.