Bölen

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Bölen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Lancs; Renfrews; NR. see Bullen . Further information: This name is rare in Britain but is thriving in the USA.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 36K(measured from records)
  • CACanada≈1 in 47K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 65K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈25,000 people, est.

Sources
379 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 33K (inferred from the name graph)

Ireland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bolen in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Lancs; Renfrews; NR. see Bullen . Further information: This name is rare in Britain but is thriving in the USA.

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bölen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bölen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈25,000 est.≈1 in 55K—Bolen3
US United States9,3231 in 36K9.3KBolen379
EG Egypt≈1,500 est.≈1 in 70K—Bolen5
DZ Algeria≈1,200 est.≈1 in 36K—Bolen1
GB United Kingdom≈1,000 est.≈1 in 65K—Bolen43
CA Canada≈800 est.≈1 in 47K—Bolen94
IE Ireland≈160 est.≈1 in 33K—Bolen2
DK Denmark≈150 est.≈1 in 40K—Bolen4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bölen is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Dutch surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Belgium, Germany

    Languages: Dutch, English, German

    Also written Boelen

  • Korean surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Bolen

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bolen

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Bolen

  • Russian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Bolen, Bohlen, Болен, Böhlen

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Bolen

5 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bölen mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Lancs; Renfrews; NR. see Bullen . Further information: This name is rare in Britain but is thriving in the USA. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
In which country does Bölen have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 25 thousand people named Bölen in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bolen.
How common is the name Bölen?
In the United States, the national register counted 9,323 people named Bölen in 2010, about 1 in 36 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bölen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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