How common is the surname Boatman?

5,899 people in the United States had the surname Boatman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,339 Americans. It ranked 5,854th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Boatman?

Michael Boatman, actor, writer.

Where is the surname Boatman most common?

Wikidata records people named Boatman in the United States.

Is the surname Boatman getting more or less common?

More common. 5,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,899 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Boatman

An occupational surname, carried by 5,899 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B355

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boatman is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a boatman.

Boatman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,899 people named Boatman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,339 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,359.

#5,854

rank among US surnames

5,899

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+10.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,914)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,845	Wingo	5,913	52,215
#5,847	Stoltz	5,912	52,224
#5,848	Neubauer	5,911	52,232
#5,849	Hatten	5,907	52,268
#5,850	Alt	5,906	52,277
#5,851	Tull	5,904	52,294
#5,852	Sayles	5,902	52,312

Who is named Boatman

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

79% of people named Boatman identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boatmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Boatman
Actor, writer, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Boatman

Boatman has the Soundex code B355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B355.

Questions

How common is the surname Boatman?: 5,899 people in the United States had the surname Boatman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,339 Americans. It ranked 5,854th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boatman?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Boatman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Boatman?: Michael Boatman, actor, writer.
Where is the surname Boatman most common?: Wikidata records people named Boatman in the United States.
What type of surname is Boatman?: Boatman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Boatman getting more or less common?: More common. 5,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,899 in 2010, up 10%.