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    The surname Boatner

    A surname, carried by 2,172 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B356

    Boatner: #13,903 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boatner #13,903, 2,172 people Boatner: #13,903 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boatner #13,903, 2,172 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boatner is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,172 people named Boatner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,148 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,896.

    #13,903
    rank among US surnames
    2,172
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.6%
    change since 2000 (was #14,444)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,903Montesinos2,172142,148
    #13,911Forcier2,171142,214

    Who is named Boatner

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

    62% of people named Boatner identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boatner

    Boatner has the Soundex code B356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B356.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Boatner?
    2,172 people in the United States had the surname Boatner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,148 Americans. It ranked 13,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boatner?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Boatner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Boatner getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,896 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,172 in 2010, up 15%.