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The Bohl surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,125 people carried this name — #10,310 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,120).

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 521 people named Bohl live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 241
Entre Ríos 223
Córdoba 18
Neuquén 18
City of Buenos Aires 11
Misiones 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 263 people named Bohl.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Haut-Rhin 61
Bas-Rhin 58
Paris 22
Territoire de Belfort 19
Haute-Saône 18
Meurthe-et-Moselle 12
Ardennes 10
Seine-Maritime 9

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

172 people named Bohl live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

St. Gallen 88
Zurich 33
Bern 9
Thurgau 8
Aargau 7
Lucerne 7
Neuchâtel 5
Uri 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

71 people named Bohl is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 71

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Bohl in American newspapers,
1887–1925.

Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Bohl
Daily Kennebec Journal 1887-01-31
Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Bohl
Arizona Republican 1907-06-17
Newspaper page from Palisadian carrying the name Bohl
Palisadian 1925-09-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,334 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bohl,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Christoph Bohl
    Johann Christoph Bohl 1703–1785 · physician
  • Piers Bohl
    Piers Bohl 1865–1921 · mathematician
  • Piers Bohl
    Piers Bohl 1865–1921 · mathematician
  • Carolin Bohl d. 2023 · student
  • Frans Bohl 1620–1676 · organ builder
  • Moisés Bohl 1801–1908 · judge

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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