Bolaños

Locally spelled Bolanos in US United States.

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.

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Bolaños is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name7 spellings in the group

  Also written Bolańos, Bolaňos, Bolãnos, Bolan̋os, Bolan͂os

• Croatian surname11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Philippines, Peru

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Bolanos

• Czech surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Slovakia, Spain

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Bolanos, Bolaňos

29 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.

Bolaños is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Filipino, a surname from Spanish, mostly found on people of Bicolano heritage

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In bik, a surname from Spanish, common in Albay (especially Tabaco)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Diego Manuel Chamorro Bolañosb. 1861NIPresident of Nicaragua (1861-1923)
• Enrique Bolañosb. 1928NIPresident of Nicaragua from 2002 to 2007
• Chespiritob. 1929MXnot in their usual nameMexican actor, comedian and producer (1929–2014)
• Tomás Rodríguez Bolañosb. 1944ESSpanish politician (1944–2018)
• Erick Lonnisb. 1965CRnot in their usual nameCosta Rican footballer
• Raisa O'Farrillb. 1972CUnot in their usual nameCuban volleyball player (1972–2023)
• Christian Bolañosb. 1984CRCosta Rican association football player
• Luis Bolañosb. 1985ECEcuadorian footballer
• Alex Bolañosb. 1985ECEcuadorian footballer
• Miller Bolañosb. 1990ECEcuatorian footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

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

What does the name Bolaños mean, and where does it come from?

From Spanish Bolaños. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Recorded by Wiktionary.

How do you pronounce Bolaños?

A machine transcription gives /bolaɲos/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Bolaños have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 28 thousand people named Bolaños in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bolaños.

Where is Bolaños most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bolaños is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 238 people — even though Colombia holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Bolaños?

In Costa Rica, the national register counted 21,448 people named Bolaños, about 1 in 238 residents.

How common is Bolaños compared with other names?

In Colombia, Bolaños is the 277th most common surname of 144,306 surnames recorded there.