Bolister Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Bolister Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bolister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:1,989,93178,001
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bolister Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bolister occurs most in England. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolister? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bolister is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Bolister reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 1,989,931. In England it is most frequent in: Greater London, where 61 percent reside, Essex, where 21 percent reside and West Midlands, where 14 percent reside. Besides England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bolister
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