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    The surname Boulden

    A surname, carried by 1,161 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B435

    Boulden: #22,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boulden #22,216, 1,161 people Boulden: #22,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boulden #22,216, 1,161 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boulden is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,161 people named Boulden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,931 Americans. That is down 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,386.

    #22,216
    rank among US surnames
    1,161
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -16.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,407)

    Who is named Boulden

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

    69% of people named Boulden identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boulden

    Boulden has the Soundex code B435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B435.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Boulden?
    1,161 people in the United States had the surname Boulden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,931 Americans. It ranked 22,216th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boulden?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Boulden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Boulden getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,161 in 2010, down 16%.