Bolker Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Bolker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bolker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Bolker Last Name Facts

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

Bolker (Russian: Болкер) is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolker? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,658,108th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Bolker are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Bolker is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 3,588,702. In The United States it is most common in: Illinois, where 44 percent are found, California, where 15 percent are found and New York, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Bolker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bolker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bolker last name rose 631 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bolker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bolker last name are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.23% being registered to vote for the party.

Bolker earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.45% more than the national average, earning $51,110 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bolker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bolker in the Russian language
Болкерbolker-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bolker
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