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    The surname Boch

    A German surname, carried by 676 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Boch: #33,695 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Boch #33,695, 676 people Boch: #33,695 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Boch #33,695, 676 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boch is more common than 79.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Both from German Boch and Polish Boch. The surname is also very common in Guatemala.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 676 people named Boch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 456,724 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 604.

    #33,695
    rank among US surnames
    676
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #35,288)

    Who is named Boch

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

    70% of people named Boch identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bochs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anna Boch
      Belgian painter (1848-1936)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boch

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boch come from?
    Both from German Boch and Polish Boch. The surname is also very common in Guatemala.
    How common is the surname Boch?
    676 people in the United States had the surname Boch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 456,724 Americans. It ranked 33,695th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boch?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Boch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Boch?
    Anna Boch, Belgian painter (1848-1936).
    Where is the surname Boch most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boch in France.
    Is the surname Boch getting more or less common?
    More common. 604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 676 in 2010, up 12%.