How common is the surname Board?

3,946 people in the United States had the surname Board in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,243 Americans. It ranked 8,388th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Board getting more or less common?

More common. 3,856 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,946 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Board

A surname, carried by 3,946 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Board is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,946 people named Board in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,243 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,856.

#8,388

rank among US surnames

3,946

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,959)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,383	Vierra	3,949	78,183
#8,385	Trost	3,948	78,203
#8,386	Salamanca	3,947	78,223
#8,388	Board	3,946	78,243
#8,389	Pohlman	3,945	78,262
#8,392	Valera	3,944	78,282

Who is named Board

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

72% of people named Board identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
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 Board

Board has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

Questions

How common is the surname Board?: 3,946 people in the United States had the surname Board in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,243 Americans. It ranked 8,388th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Board?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Board identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Board getting more or less common?: More common. 3,856 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,946 in 2010, up 2.3%.