How common is the last name Bolton?

31,334 people in the United States have the last name Bolton, about 1 in 9,539. It ranks #1,103 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BOLTON

#1,103

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,334
About
1 in 9,539
This common or more
40.9%
Who bears it

Of the 31,334 people with the last name Bolton, 70.6% reported their origin as White, 20.7% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bolton

#1,101 Delaney · 31,364#1,102 Dailey · 31,350#1,104 Lancaster · 31,286#1,105 Song · 31,257

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bolton, most common first.

#12,830 Boulton · 2,291#35,918 Boldon · 672#43,505 Bolten · 535#74,891 Boltin · 278

Also a first name

As a first name, Bolton ranks #30,234 of 53,615, with 289 people. See Bolton as a first name

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