The Bolanos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,829 people carried this name — #3,029 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,900 people counted. That is up 53% from 7,745 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bolanos surname
Anglicization of Spanish Bolaños
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bolanos» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 702 people named Bolanos 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
55 people named Bolanos live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 30 people named Bolanos.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Bolanos in American newspapers,
1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,564 pages in all carry the name.
In the public record
People named Bolanos,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States235 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 217
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 7
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 5
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Genaro BolanosBorn 1905 in Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; auto mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1956, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Frank BolanosU.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. Born 1933, died 1996; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Amalia BolanosBorn 1890 in Guatemala. Registered as a foreign national in Laredo, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 235 records for Bolanos in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
France8 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Joseph BolanosBorn 1924 in Sète; died 1998 in Montpellier (Hérault).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Inocencia BolanosBorn 1906 in Spain; died 1991 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Dolores BolanosBorn 1911 in Spain; died 1995 in Villeurbanne (Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 8 records for Bolanos in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bolanos.
- Boitel 194 · U.S. census
- Boivin 2,265 · U.S. census
- Bojko 310 · U.S. census
- Bojorquez 6,147 · U.S. census
- Bol 968 · U.S. census
- Boland 11,631 · U.S. census
- Bolay 163 · U.S. census
- Bolden 21,819 · U.S. census
- Boldt 4,538 · U.S. census
- Bolduc 5,401 · U.S. census
- Bole 1,036 · U.S. census
- Bolea 115 · U.S. census
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