The Bologna surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,827 people carried this name — #15,907 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,834).
In Argentina’s national register
At least 856 people named Bologna 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 214 people named Bologna.
94 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
115 people named Bologna live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 print
Bologna in American newspapers,
1859–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 157,264 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bologna,
with a public archive behind them.
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Saliceto von Bologna 1201–1277 · surgeon
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Giuseppe Bologna 1634–1697 · archbishop
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Sebastiano Bologna 1752–1843 · politician
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Carlo Bologna 1765–1844 · historian
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Jack Bologna 1775–1846 · circus performer
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Domenico Bologna 1845–1885 · painter
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bologna.
- Bollier 438 · U.S. census
- Bollinger 12,425 · U.S. census
- Bollini 118 · U.S. census
- Bollmann 461 · U.S. census
- Bollo 161 · U.S. census
- Bollon 120 · U.S. census
- Bolognini 117 · U.S. census
- Bolon 427 · U.S. census
- Bolton 32,815 · U.S. census
- Boltz 3,350 · U.S. census
- Bolvin 176 · U.S. census
- Bolze 144 · U.S. census
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