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

The Bolla surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 611 people carried this name — #36,585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 620 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 698 people named Bolla 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 369
Santiago del Estero 95
City of Buenos Aires 81
Córdoba 50
Tucumán 42
Santa Fe 36
La Pampa 25

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 202 people named Bolla.

37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Var.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 37
Var 34
Alpes-Maritimes 32
Bouches-du-Rhône 26
Paris 12
Bas-Rhin 9
Rhône 8
Haut-Rhin 7
Gers 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

117 people named Bolla live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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

Where they live today

Ticino 44
Bern 24
Zurich 14
Vaud 11
Aargau 7
St. Gallen 5
Graubünden 3
Glarus 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 Bolla,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bartolomeo Bolla d. 1608 · poet
  • Péter Bolla 1623–1700 · Catholic priest
  • Giovanni Bolla 1650–1735 · painter
  • Johann Michael Bolla 1682–1759 · sculptor
  • Albert Bolla 1720–1774 · plasterer
  • Johann Baptist Bolla 1745–1802 · librarian

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

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