How common is the surname Bouldin?

3,744 people in the United States had the surname Bouldin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,464 Americans. It ranked 8,761st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bouldin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,336 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,744 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Bouldin

A surname, carried by 3,744 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bouldin is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,744 people named Bouldin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,464 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,336.

#8,761

rank among US surnames

3,744

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+12.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,008)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,753	Westerfield	3,748	82,376
#8,756	Karcher	3,746	82,420
#8,758	Avitia	3,745	82,442
#8,761	Files	3,744	82,464
#8,763	Henn	3,743	82,486
#8,765	Sullins	3,741	82,530
#8,768	Wolfson	3,740	82,552

Who is named Bouldin

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

60% of people named Bouldin identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Black (not Hispanic) 34%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bouldin

Bouldin 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 Bouldin?: 3,744 people in the United States had the surname Bouldin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,464 Americans. It ranked 8,761st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bouldin?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Bouldin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bouldin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,336 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,744 in 2010, up 12%.