Bölk

surname · Latin script

Meaning: singular imperative of bölken

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries

Pronunciation:

Bölk is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

  • NLNetherlands1 in 19K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 180K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.7Mfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bölk itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

906 people, 2007

Record sources
105 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
BoelkLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bolk in DE Germany, NL Netherlands, GB United Kingdom and 4 more and Boelk in US United States, BS Bahamas.

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)

singular imperative of bölken

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Bölk 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 Bölk is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands—9061 in 19K906Bolk44
DE Germany—≈470 est.≈1 in 176K—Bolk60
US United States—296as Boelk1 in 1.1M296Boelk105
GB United Kingdom—≈40 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Bolk10
CA Canada—≈26 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Bolk15
SE Sweden—≈21 est.≈1 in 511K—Bolk5
BS Bahamas#905≈9 est.≈1 in 43K—Boelk1
NZ New Zealand—≈7 est.≈1 in 787K—Bolk3
CG Congo - Brazzaville#807———Bolk1

906 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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)

Bölk is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bolk

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, Türkiye

    Also written Bolk

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.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)

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).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Bölk, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

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 Bölk mean, and where does it come from?
singular imperative of bölken Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Bölk have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 906 people named Bölk, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bolk.
Where is Bölk most common?
Bölk is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 19 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Bölk?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 906 people named Bölk in 2007, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.
How common is Bölk compared with other names?
In Congo - Brazzaville, Bölk is the 807th most common surname of 1,875 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Bölk” — the 807th most common surname in Congo - Brazzaville. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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