The Bolinger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,805 people carried this name — #6,979 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,439 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

113 people named Bolinger live in Switzerland.

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

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

Where they live today

Aargau 38
Zurich 17
Basel-Landschaft 14
Solothurn 10
Zug 7
Schwyz 6
Fribourg 5
Bern 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 Poland’s population register

41 people named Bolinger have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 57 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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

Where they live today

Silesian 18
Greater Poland 9
Lower Silesian 8
Łódź 4
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 32 people named Bolinger 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 Córdoba.

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

Where they live today

Córdoba 32

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

16 families named Bolinger, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 102 people lived in those households, 6.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 8
North Carolina 5
New York 2
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 230 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Bolinger in American newspapers,
1918–1929.

Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Bolinger
The Washington Daily News 1929-01-18
Newspaper page from The Monett Times carrying the name Bolinger
The Monett Times 1922-06-30
Newspaper page from Cresco Plain Dealer carrying the name Bolinger
Cresco Plain Dealer 1918-11-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,139 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bolinger in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

41 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bolinger. The most, 11, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 31
Victoria 6
Queensland 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bolinger.

Who carried it

People named Bolinger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sanford H. Bolinger
    Sanford H. Bolinger 1855–1952 · lumber merchant
  • Gustaf Bolinder
    Gustaf Bolinder 1888–1957 · writer
  • Dwight Bolinger 1907–1992 · university teacher
  • Bo Bolinger 1932–2011 · Canadian football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bolinger,
in the records of 5 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 States258 records

258 records of the Bolinger name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 144
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 32
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Wayne I. Bolinger

    Born 1923 in Illinois. Enlisted 1943 at Peoria; bank clerk from Sangamon County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record David Bolinger

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Princess Alice from Bremen, aged 24; factory worker. From Lamna, Galicia; bound for New York. Born in Lomna, Galicia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ross L. Bolinger

    Born 1931; from Fresno County, California. U.S. Army, medical aidman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 258 records for Bolinger in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany14 records

14 records of the Bolinger name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Nikolaus Bölinger

    From Maringen, Berncastel. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 15 November 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 28).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Franz Bölinger

    From Platten, Wittlich. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 30 November 1915 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 349).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 14 records for Bolinger in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France3 records

3 records of the Bolinger name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Bolinger

    Born 1896 in Vitry-sur-Orne (Moselle); died 1979 in Pont-à-Mousson (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Alfred Bolinger

    Born 1915 in Poland; died 1999 in Valenciennes (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Blanche Jeanne Bolinger

    Born 1900 in Poitiers (Vienne); died 1985 in Troyes (Aube).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Bolinger name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Bolinger

    Arrived in Victoria in 1862 aboard the Seamans Bride, aged 26.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Bolinger in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Bolinger name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Catharina Bolinger

    Died 1813 in Grave.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Bolinger in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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