Bole surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bole surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,036 people carried this name — #24,222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is down 9% from 1,141 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 402 people named Bole.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Doubs.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Doubs 249
Paris 28
Jura 15
Rhône 13
Morbihan 13
Nord 11
Haut-Rhin 7
Côte-d’Or 7

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 65 people named Bole 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 53
City of Buenos Aires 12

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Bole live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 17
Neuchâtel 5
Bern 4
Fribourg 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Bole,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Wesley Bole
    David Wesley Bole 1856–1933 · politician
  • John Bole 1301–1401 · politician
  • Franz Bole 1824–1896 · theologian
  • Davorin Bole 1833–1902 · translator
  • Marcelina Bole 1886–1973 · nun
  • Marcelina Bole 1886–1973 · nun

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

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Surnames next to Bole.

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