Guild of One-Name Studies
One-name studies, Genealogy
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However surname websites also link it to some of the following names which have similar spelling, or pronunciations as Bole.
Boole, Boley, Boll, Bowl, Bowles, Bowley, Bale, Boles, Bowe, Bowell, Bold, Bodle, Boler, with a few others.
This does not imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for one when written down or misheard.
Some link the surname to a famous Anglo-Irish name from the clan OâBoyles. Others link it with both a Saxon and Norman origin. From a Viking Chieftain in 820AD called Bolla. Which was Saxon For Bowl . A Norman Knight who is listed in the Roll of Battle Abbey as âBoleâ at the battle of Hastings in 1066. This name was spelt Boe and is reported found among landowners in Normandy
A Wikipedia search of the surname Bole brings up the following Bole District Ghana, Bole Ghana town, Bole Nottinghamshire, England, Bole international Airport (Ethiopia) Bole,Xinjiang China Bole 2 Harlem,an Ethiopian hip hop fusion band, Bole (unit) a unit of momentum, Bole (Botany) the part of the trunk of a tree beneath the point where branching commences, Bole (color)) the colour of a tree trunk, Bole Hill a hearth where lead was smelted , Bolus, a reddish soft variety of clay used as a pigment, such as Armenian bole Bole (mythology) a legendary Chinese horse physiognomer.
Multiplying this count number result by 0.93 will give a good idea of the living population
= 207.39 (uk population)
The 1891 Census gives 308 results for the surname of Bole.
Made up of 160 people living in England - 9 living in Wales.- 139 living in Scotland