Boltons Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Boltons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boltons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Boltons Last Name Facts

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

The surname Boltons is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Boltons? popularity and diffusion

The surname Boltons is the 10,311,814th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Boltons is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Boltons live; 33 percent live in North America and 33 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Boltons is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England it is primarily found in: Lancashire, where 100 percent are found. Outside of England it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 33 percent are found.

Boltons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Boltons has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Boltons last name contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Boltons
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