Bolin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany
Scotland

Early Origins of the Bolin family

The surname Bolin was first found in Mecklenburg, where chronicles first mention Bole von Malchow of Rostock in Mecklenburg in the year 1298.

Early History of the Bolin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bolin research. Another 128 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1626, 1674, 1721 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Bolin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bolin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Boel, Boell, Boeler, Boelert, Bohlen, Bohllen, Boehlen, Boehl, Boehler, Boehlert, Boehling, Boehllen, Bolen, Boelen, Boelens, Boellner, Boellsch, Bollen, Boellen, Bohl, Bole, Bolin and many more.

Early Notables of the Bolin family

Another 33 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bolin Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bolin Ranking

In the United States, the name Bolin is the 2,741^st most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 1

Bolin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bolin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Michael Bolin, aged 24, who landed in America in 1822 2
Johan Anders Bolin, aged 47, who arrived in America in 1826 2
M Bolin, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
Carl P Bolin, aged 47, who arrived in America in 1854 2
Carl Peter Bolin, aged 47, who landed in America in 1854 2
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Bolin (post 1700) +

Bobby Donald "Bob" Bolin (1939-2023), American Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in 495 games in over 13 seasons (1961–1973) for the San Francisco Giants (1961–1969), Milwaukee Brewers (1970) and Boston Red Sox (1970–1973)
Shannon Bolin (1917-2016), American actress from Spencer, South Dakota who sometimes used the pseudonym of Anne Bolin
Jane Matilda Bolin LL.B. (1908-2007), first African-American woman to graduate from Yale Law School
James Edwin Bolin Sr. (1914-2002), American jurist and politician, judge of the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal and Louisiana Supreme Court
Wesley Bolin (1909-1978), American politician
Daniel Holbrook "Danny" Bolin, American soccer midfielder
Thomas Richard "Tommy" Bolin (1951-1976), American rock guitarist who played with Zephyr, The James Gang and Deep Purple
Axel Bertil Bolin (b. 1923), Swedish lawyer and international official
Bert Rickard Johannes Bolin (b. 1925), Swedish meteorologist, recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1988)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)