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    The surname Boase

    A Hebrew surname, carried by 331 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boase is more common than 62.5% of them.

    Origin

    Hebrew origin

    From a variant spelling of the Hebrew personal name Boaz. This surname is typical of Cornwall.

    One of 51 Hebrew surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 331 people named Boase in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 932,766 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 319.

    #60,790
    rank among US surnames
    331
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #59,293)

    Who is named Boase

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

    87% of people named Boase identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Boase

    Boase has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Other Hebrew surnames

    All 51 Hebrew surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boase come from?
    From a variant spelling of the Hebrew personal name Boaz. This surname is typical of Cornwall.
    How common is the surname Boase?
    331 people in the United States had the surname Boase in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 932,766 Americans. It ranked 60,790th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boase?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Boase identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Boase getting more or less common?
    More common. 319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 331 in 2010, up 3.8%.