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    The surname Bolter

    An occupational surname, carried by 563 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B436

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bolter is more common than 75.9% of them.

    Origin

    From bolter, an occupational surname for a sifter of flour, or for a maker of bolts.

    Bolter 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 563 people named Bolter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 548,393 Americans. That is down 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 597.

    #39,117
    rank among US surnames
    563
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #35,621)

    Who is named Bolter

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

    93% of people named Bolter identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bolter

    Bolter has the Soundex code B436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B436.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bolter come from?
    From bolter, an occupational surname for a sifter of flour, or for a maker of bolts.
    How common is the surname Bolter?
    563 people in the United States had the surname Bolter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 548,393 Americans. It ranked 39,117th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bolter?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bolter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Bolter?
    Bolter is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bolter getting more or less common?
    Less common. 597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 563 in 2010, down 5.7%.