Bolo Surname
Approximately 25,738 people bear this surname
Bolo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 9,623 | 1:10,520 | 1,006 |
| Cameroon | 2,317 | 1:8,964 | 1,170 |
| Nigeria | 1,969 | 1:89,966 | 6,274 |
| DR Congo | 1,519 | 1:48,637 | 5,886 |
| Indonesia | 1,397 | 1:94,667 | 9,867 |
| Peru | 1,321 | 1:24,061 | 2,668 |
| South Africa | 1,064 | 1:50,919 | 6,459 |
| Kenya | 892 | 1:51,771 | 5,235 |
| France | 743 | 1:89,398 | 12,844 |
| Liberia | 727 | 1:6,064 | 721 |
| Ivory Coast | 703 | 1:32,818 | 2,198 |
| Argentina | 528 | 1:80,953 | 6,844 |
| Papua New Guinea | 519 | 1:15,710 | 1,536 |
| United States | 340 | 1:1,066,056 | 77,773 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Spain | 182 | 1:256,879 | 16,299 |
| Pakistan | 171 | 1:1,044,701 | 13,307 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Congo | 150 | 1:33,261 | 3,287 |
| Bolivia | 102 | 1:104,083 | 4,003 |
| Niger | 83 | 1:231,229 | 7,510 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| India | 78 | 1:9,834,172 | 191,207 |
| Burkina Faso | 77 | 1:238,339 | 4,764 |
| Brazil | 72 | 1:2,973,255 | 87,092 |
| Lebanon | 56 | 1:100,662 | 5,997 |
| Taiwan | 53 | 1:442,354 | 3,378 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Italy | 31 | 1:1,972,796 | 88,569 |
| Russia | 31 | 1:4,649,131 | 213,487 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Uruguay | 22 | 1:155,989 | 13,535 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Guyana | 9 | 1:84,691 | 6,279 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Boló (8), Bolô (1) & Bôlô (1) are calculated separately.
Bolo (9,007) may also be a first name.
Bolo Demographics
Average Male Bolo Height
174.15 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bolo (Georgian: ბოლო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻟﻮ, Hindi: बोलो, Marathi: बोलो, Oriya: େବାେଲା, Russian: Боло) is most common in The Philippines. It can also appear in the variant forms: Boló, Bolô or Bôlô. Click here for further potential spellings of Bolo.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 21,181st most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 283,143 people. The surname Bolo is mostly found in Asia, where 45 percent of Bolo live; 43 percent live in Southeast Asia and 37 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 65,658th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 9,007 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 9,623 people, or 1 in 10,520. In The Philippines it is most common in: Central Visayas, where 26 percent live, Bicol, where 17 percent live and Davao Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from The Philippines this last name is found in 104 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Bolo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bolo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bolo surname rose 2,615 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bolo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Bolo last name is chiefly Orthodox (67%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Greek Orthodox (73%) in Lebanon and Muslim (79%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Bolo surname are 9.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.9% registered with the party.
The amount Bolo earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 0.68% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,516 per year; in South Africa they earn 44.86% less than the national average, earning R 131,040 per year; in Colombia they earn 27.77% less than the national average, earning $16,397,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.12% less than the national average, earning $38,349 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.43% less than the national average, earning $40,526 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bolo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bolo in the Georgian language | ||
| ბოლო | bolo | - |
| Bolo in the Hindi language | ||
| बोलो | bolo | - |
| Bolo in the Oriya language | ||
| େବାେଲା | ebaela | - |
| Bolo in the Marathi language | ||
| बोलो | bolo | 93.75 |
| बोल | bola | 6.25 |
| Bolo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻟﻮ | bwlw | 91.21 |
| ﺑﻮﻝ | bwl | 6.59 |
| ﺑﻠﻮ | blw | 1.1 |
| ﺑﺎﻟﻮ | balw | 1.1 |
| Bolo in the Russian language | ||
| Боло | bolo | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bolo
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