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    The surname Bolt

    An occupational surname, carried by 7,504 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B430

    Bolt: #4,726 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bolt #4,726, 7,504 people Bolt: #4,726 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bolt #4,726, 7,504 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolt is more common than 97.1% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, from the noun bolt, for a maker of bolts, or a nickname for a short and heavy person. * Also as an English surname, variant of Bold. * As a Dutch, north/Low German and Danish surname, from the old Germanic name Baldo, derived from the adjective bold and related to the above. Compare Boldt.

    Bolt is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,504 people named Bolt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,144 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,956.

    #4,726
    rank among US surnames
    7,504
    people in 2010
    2.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.9%
    change since 2000 (was #4,664)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,722Toomey7,51041,111
    #4,723Ault7,50941,117
    #4,724Parikh7,50641,133
    #4,726Lei7,50441,144

    Who is named Bolt

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

    89% of people named Bolt identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bolts

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alex Bolt
      Australian tennis player, born 1993
    • Bruce Bolt
      American seismologist (1930–2005)

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bolt

    Bolt has the Soundex code B430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B430.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bolt come from?
    * As an English surname, from the noun bolt, for a maker of bolts, or a nickname for a short and heavy person. * Also as an English surname, variant of Bold. * As a Dutch, north/Low German and Danish surname, from the old Germanic name Baldo, derived from the adjective bold and related to the…
    How common is the surname Bolt?
    7,504 people in the United States had the surname Bolt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,144 Americans. It ranked 4,726th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bolt?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Bolt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bolt?
    Alex Bolt, Australian tennis player, followed by Bruce Bolt.
    Where is the surname Bolt most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bolt in Australia and the United States.
    What type of surname is Bolt?
    Bolt is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bolt getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,504 in 2010, up 7.9%.