Bolacha Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Bolacha Surname User-submission:
(Portuguese) The Bolacha surname comes from a nickname, meaning 'one who worked in customs and was selling cookies'.
Bolacha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 104 | 1:100,175 | 4,850 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Bolacha Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
(Portuguese) The Bolacha surname comes from a nickname, meaning 'one who worked in customs and was selling cookies'.
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Where Does The Last Name Bolacha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bolacha is more frequently found in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolacha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,596,935th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Bolacha live; 82 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 82 percent live in Iberian Europe.
Bolacha is most common in Portugal, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 100,175. Apart from Portugal this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 7 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.
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