How common is the surname Boulton?

2,414 people in the United States had the surname Boulton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,898 Americans. It ranked 12,782nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Boulton?

Laura Boulton, American ethnomusicologist (1899 - 1980), followed by Matthew Boulton.

Where is the surname Boulton most common?

Wikidata records people named Boulton in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

How do you pronounce Boulton?

Boulton is /ˈboʊltən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Boulton getting more or less common?

More common. 2,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,414 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Boulton

A surname, carried by 2,414 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈboʊltən/ 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). Boulton is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Bolton.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,414 people named Boulton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,898 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,245.

#12,782

rank among US surnames

2,414

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,647)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,775	Hennig	2,415	127,845
#12,782	Garibaldi	2,414	127,898
#12,785	Klock	2,413	127,951
#12,789	Sailor	2,412	128,004

Who is named Boulton

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

85% of people named Boulton identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boultons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Laura Boulton
American ethnomusicologist (1899 - 1980)
Matthew Boulton
British actor (1893-1962)

Notable Boultons come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boulton

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

Questions

Where does the surname Boulton come from?: Variant of Bolton.
How common is the surname Boulton?: 2,414 people in the United States had the surname Boulton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,898 Americans. It ranked 12,782nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boulton?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Boulton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Boulton?: Laura Boulton, American ethnomusicologist (1899 - 1980), followed by Matthew Boulton.
Where is the surname Boulton most common?: Wikidata records people named Boulton in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Boulton?: Boulton is /ˈboʊltən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Boulton getting more or less common?: More common. 2,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,414 in 2010, up 7.5%.