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The bohlen Surname

bohlen Name Meaning and History

  1. German: patronymic from Bohl 1.
  2. German: habitational name from a place in Westphalia named Bohlen.
  3. German (Böhlen): habitational name from any of several places in Saxony named Böhlen.
  4. Swedish (Bohlén): ornamental name from Bohl 1 + the suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘descendant of’.

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Distribution of bohlen Families in the US in 1920
Number of bohlen families
 21-40
 8-20
 1-7
 0
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