Bolly
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Bolly is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Bollinger champagne.
- BEBelgium1 in 45K(measured from records)
- FRFrance≈1 in 437K
- NLNetherlands≈1 in 744K
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.
- Belgium (measured from records)
- Sources
- 74 (measured from records)
- 1 in 45K (inferred from the name graph)
258 people, 2008
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Bollinger champagne
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bolly 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | 258 | 1 in 45K | 261 | Bolly | 22 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 929K | — | Bolly | 13 |
| FR France | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 437K | 13 | — | 1 |
| US United States | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 2.8M | 101 | Bolly | 74 |
| PH Philippines | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 3.6M | — | Bolly | 4 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Bolly | 8 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 744K | — | Bolly | 5 |
258 people counted by Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register), 2008. 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 2000; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statbel — Noms de famille (family names); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Monika Bollyb. 1968PLPolish actress
- Santos Escobarb. 1984MXnot in their usual nameMexican professional wrestler
- Mathis Bollyb. 1990NOIvorian 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 261 | #6,697 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 258 | #6,471 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 101 | #149,328 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 5 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Bolly mean, and where does it come from?
- Bollinger champagne Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Bolly have the most bearers?
- In Belgium, the national register counted about 258 people named Bolly, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bolly.
- Where is Bolly most common?
- Bolly is densest in Belgium, where the national register counts about 1 in 45 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Bolly?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 258 people named Bolly in 2008, about 1 in 45 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bollyThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Bolly”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.