How common is the surname Boal?

1,015 people in the United States had the surname Boal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. It ranked 24,608th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boal?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Boal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Boal?

Mark Boal, American journalist, screenwriter and film producer.

Where is the surname Boal most common?

Wikidata records people named Boal in the United States.

Is the surname Boal getting more or less common?

More common. 995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,015 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Boal

A surname, carried by 1,015 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boal is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,015 people named Boal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 995.

#24,608

rank among US surnames

1,015

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #23,739)

Who is named Boal

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Boal identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boals

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Boal
American journalist, screenwriter and film producer, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boal

Boal has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Questions

How common is the surname Boal?: 1,015 people in the United States had the surname Boal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. It ranked 24,608th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boal?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Boal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Boal?: Mark Boal, American journalist, screenwriter and film producer.
Where is the surname Boal most common?: Wikidata records people named Boal in the United States.
Is the surname Boal getting more or less common?: More common. 995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,015 in 2010, up 2.0%.