How common is the surname Boan?

1,566 people in the United States had the surname Boan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,156 Americans. It ranked 17,864th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boan?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Boan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Boan getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,566 in 2010, down 3.3%.

The surname Boan

A surname, carried by 1,566 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boan is more common than 89% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,566 people named Boan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,156 Americans. That is down 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,620.

#17,864

rank among US surnames

1,566

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.3%

change since 2000 (was #16,368)

Who is named Boan

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

86% of people named Boan identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boan

Boan has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

Questions

How common is the surname Boan?: 1,566 people in the United States had the surname Boan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,156 Americans. It ranked 17,864th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boan?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Boan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Boan getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,566 in 2010, down 3.3%.