Explore the Family Name Bolotin

The meaning of Bolotin

1. Jewish (from Belarus): habitational name from a place in Belarus called Boloto. 2. Russian and Jewish (from Belarus):topographic name for someone who lived near a marsh or swamp, Russian boloto. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Meyer, Moshe. Russian Lev, Aleksandr, Arkady, Boris, Michail, Vladimir. Latvian Maris. Scandinavian Vulf.

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How common is the last name Bolotin in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Bolotin has seen a rise in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The rank of the name jumped from 49,471 in 2000 to 47,521 in 2010, marking an improvement by 3.94%. Similarly, the count of people with this surname increased by 11.78%, from 399 individuals in 2000 to 446 in 2010. Despite these changes, the proportion per 100,000 people remained steady at 0.15.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,471	#47,521	3.94%
Count	399	446	11.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.15	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bolotin

When it comes to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that individuals with the Bolotin surname are predominantly of White ethnicity, with 93.98% in 2000 and a slight increase to 94.62% in 2010. However, there was also a small but noticeable change in other ethnic identities. Notably, the number of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic emerged from 0% in 2000 to 1.57% and 1.79% respectively in 2010. In contrast, those identifying with two or more races saw a decrease from 4.51% to 2.02%. The counts for Black ethnicity, as well as American Indian and Alaskan Native, remained static at 0.00% in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.98%	94.62%	0.68%
Two or More Races	4.51%	2.02%	-55.21%
Hispanic	0%	1.79%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.57%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%