Bolaños Surname

3,538th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158,464 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Bolaños Surname Definition:

Refers to the stones thrown by slingers.

Galician name from the province of Lugo.

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Bolaños Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia57,4451:832176
Mexico47,2201:2,629378
Costa Rica14,4931:33095
Philippines8,2091:12,3331,252
Spain7,8281:5,972742
El Salvador6,7371:942186
Peru4,9101:6,473995
Guatemala3,8021:4,230611
Nicaragua2,7241:2,210351
Venezuela2,6711:11,3081,018
Ecuador7151:22,2463,044
Panama3741:10,461925
Paraguay3721:19,454801
Argentina3571:119,72910,113
Bolivia2031:52,2982,751
Chile1511:116,6654,238
United States711:5,105,055259,233
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Puerto Rico151:236,6762,394
Honduras121:734,7044,016
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Gibraltar61:5,659991
England51:11,143,612252,590
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
France31:22,140,907385,998
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
China21:683,660,78330,601
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Belize11:355,4743,977
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Andorra11:83,8382,381
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Bolanos (14,532), Bolańos (4), Bolañós (2) & Bolanõs (1) are calculated separately.

Bolaños (28) may also be a first name.

Bolaños Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Refers to the stones thrown by slingers.

Galician name from the province of Lugo.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

It is a surname in the Philippines, most common in the Bohol region. It is shortened or derived from Bohol, which pertains to its residents as boholano.

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Bolaños Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bolaños Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bolaños is more frequently found in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Bolanos, Bolańos, Bolañós or Bolanõs. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolaños? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,538th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 45,989 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Bolaños live; 42 percent live in South America and 38 percent live in Caribbean South America. Bolaños is also the 1,994,417th most common given name throughout the world, held by 28 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Colombia, where it is carried by 57,445 people, or 1 in 832. In Colombia Bolaños is most common in: Nariño Department, where 25 percent reside, Valle del Cauca Department, where 22 percent reside and Cauca Department, where 17 percent reside. Besides Colombia Bolaños exists in 52 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 30 percent reside and Costa Rica, where 9 percent reside.

Bolaños Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bolaños has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bolaños surname rose 7,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bolaños Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Bolaños earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 11.98% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,708 per year and in Colombia they earn 15.59% less than the national average, earning $19,162,800 COP per year.

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