Explore the Family Name Bolthouse

The meaning of Bolthouse

Probably an Americanized form of German Balthasar (see Baltazar), or of its very rare variant Baldhauser also recorded in the US as Baltenhouse and Boltenhouse.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

The surname Bolthouse, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 52,714th in popularity and by 2010, it had dropped to 54,055th place, indicating a change of -2.54%. However, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased by 3.52% during this period. In 2000, there were 369 individuals with the Bolthouse surname, and by 2010, this number had risen to 382. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 also saw a minor decrease of -7.14%, decreasing from 0.14 to 0.13.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#52,714	#54,055	-2.54%
Count	369	382	3.52%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bolthouse

On the subject of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data illustrates that the majority of individuals with the Bolthouse surname identified as White, with proportions of 95.93% in 2000 and slightly less at 95.81% in 2010, marking a small change of -0.13%. The percentage identifying as Hispanic remained relatively consistent, with minimal changes from 1.36% in 2000 to 1.31% in 2010. Interestingly, in 2010 there was a recorded proportion of 1.31% who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, a category which held no representation in 2000. No individuals with the Bolthouse surname identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.93%	95.81%	-0.13%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.31%	0%
Hispanic	1.36%	1.31%	-3.68%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%