Bolivar Surname

3,659th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153,494 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Bolivar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bolivar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela71,2601:42481
Colombia40,1771:1,189249
Philippines11,3031:8,957826
Peru4,8661:6,532999
Spain4,3661:10,7081,248
Dominican Republic3,5971:2,900375
United States3,3781:107,30011,750
Mexico2,7531:45,0882,440
Bolivia2,5681:4,134617
Haiti2,4841:4,301550
Costa Rica1,2281:3,893361
Argentina1,1051:38,6823,248
Panama8961:4,366517
Chile6621:26,6111,528
India4761:1,611,48259,236
Canada4471:82,4299,185
Cuba4241:27,1761,478
Ecuador3891:40,8894,307
France3111:213,57833,224
Brazil1491:1,436,74048,387
Australia871:310,29526,919
El Salvador551:115,3431,709
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
England351:1,591,94567,242
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Puerto Rico311:114,5211,694
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Honduras291:304,0152,705
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Paraguay271:268,0284,505
Indonesia241:5,510,383253,014
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
São Tomé and Príncipe211:8,449566
Trinidad and Tobago121:113,6657,200
Guatemala101:1,608,2675,853
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Guam81:20,0153,029
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
New Zealand41:1,132,08147,619
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

The alternate forms: Bolívar (291) & Bolivár (1) are calculated separately.

Bolivar (26,013) may also be a first name.

Bolivar Last Name Facts

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

Bolivar (Marathi: बोलीवार) is found in Venezuela more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Bolívar or Bolivár. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolivar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,659th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 47,478 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Bolivar live; 79 percent live in South America and 72 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 31,036th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 26,013 people.

The surname is most numerous in Venezuela, where it is carried by 71,260 people, or 1 in 424. In Venezuela it is mostly concentrated in: Bolívar, where 14 percent live, Aragua, where 14 percent live and Carabobo, where 10 percent live. Excluding Venezuela this last name exists in 88 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 26 percent live and The Philippines, where 7 percent live.

Bolivar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bolivar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bolivar surname grew 13,512 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 389 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bolivar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Bolivar surname is primarily Druze (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Bolivar last name are 40.84% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.07% registered with the party.

The amount Bolivar earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 0.55% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,278 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.89% more than the national average, earning $25,854,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.03% less than the national average, earning $42,274 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.85% less than the national average, earning $48,266 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bolivar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bolivar in the Marathi language
बोलीवारbolivara92.65
बोिलवारboilavara4.46
बोलीवरbolivara2.1

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