Bolt is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bolt
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Bolt

How popular is Bolt?

Bolt is common in Australia.

Bolt is ranked 20909 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bolt bearers increased by 7.878091 per cent in 2010 US census to 7504 since 2000, the surname slipped by 62 spots and ranked at 4726. The last name was found in around 25 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.31 91.32
Black 5.49 4.9
Hispanic or Latino 2.31 1.47
Others 1.45 1.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.79 0.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65 0.79
Bolt is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 24757 people have been found who wears Bolt as their family name. Bolt is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
18,072 Azerbaijan9
527,030 Indonesia7
23,950 Georgia6
13,220 Thailand6
8,411 Costa Rica4
27,602 Nigeria4
10,329 Pakistan3
5,332 Estonia3
16,136 Kenya3
1,389 Grenada3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
1,389 Barbados2
7,574 Bangladesh2
147,165 Czech Republic2
24,269 Peru2
40,256 Mexico2
18,035 Egypt2
6,266 Luxembourg2
9,185 Hong Kong2
17,547 Colombia2
14,521 Portugal2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
14,621 Croatia2
6,353 Panama2
29,595 Iran1
42,479 Greece1
1,819 Laos1
16,073 Latvia1
38,063 Mauritania1
3,586 Honduras1
6,149 Ethiopia1
3,350 Fiji1
25,746 Finland1
2,877 Cuba1
24,421 Slovakia1
17,236 Ghana1
1,254 Gibraltar1
2,057 Myanmar1
28,746 Algeria1
2,935 Madagascar1
36,814 Romania1
15,705 Cameroon1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
7,895 South Korea1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
7,314 Bolivia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,831 Tajikistan1
5,872 Namibia1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
13,447 Uganda1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
10,190 Bahrain1
24,460 Armenia1
40,340 Malaysia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,911 Spain47
272,864 India42
17,488 Norway39
2,496 Nicaragua33
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
699 Isle of Man21
22,595 Moldova19
606 Guernsey18
14,048 Ireland16
3,922 China11
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
26,046 Kazakhstan95
11,321 Israel94
7,068 Lithuania90
67,110 Italy90
12,007 Chile72
5,773 Singapore53
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Bolt:
4,608 Canada972
458 Jamaica857
2,522 Switzerland441
15,386 Turkey419
15,161 Ukraine375
34,535 Philippines322
1,467 Wales271
24,102 Poland239
47,714 France208
6,128 Hungary196
8,152 Belarus190
4,358 New Zealand175
3,815 Denmark157
8,002 Sweden116
75,961 Brazil111
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Bolt:
4,538 United States8,796
2,705 England2,893
872 Netherlands2,224
7,506 Germany1,278
14,391 Russia1,214
6,027 South Africa1,078
2,882 Australia1,075
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 27 years old workman John Bolt who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on October 1, 1850 by Star Of The West put out from Liverpool.

Bolt Namesakes

  • Preston Bolt, Musical Artist
  • George Washington Bolton, Merchant
  • Algar Orde-Powlett, 7th Baron Bolton, Politician
  • William Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton, Politician
  • Alida Bolten, Olympic athlete
  • Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton, Politician
  • Ivor Bolton, Conductor
  • Amely Bölte, Author
  • William Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton, Politician
  • Andie Bolt, Film actor

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