# Boateng (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/boateng/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Akan.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Akan |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,017 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,614 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 102,335 people |
| Change since 2000 | +110% (1,435 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Akan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boateng in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Boateng in the United Kingdom.

## People named Boateng

- Eric Boateng, British basketball player (born 1985)

## Similar surnames

Betancourt, Bettencourt, Bottoms, Bittinger, Betances, Betancur, Bitting, Beddingfield, Bettinger, Budnick, Bhatnagar, Bedingfield.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.