The surname Bolster
A German surname, carried by 1,986 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B423
Origin
German origin
Variant of German Polster.
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 1,986 people named Bolster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,811.
Who is named Bolster
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Bolster identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Bolster
Bolster has the Soundex code B423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B423.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bolster come from?
- Variant of German Polster.
- How common is the surname Bolster?
- 1,986 people in the United States had the surname Bolster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. It ranked 14,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bolster?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bolster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Bolster getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,986 in 2010, up 9.7%.