# Boe (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,850 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,556 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 80,194 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.2% (3,937 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Swedish surname, from bo (“farm”). * As a Norwegian surname, from Bø, Bøe, from Old Norse býr (“farm”), related to above. * As a Danish surname, from Bo, from the Norse name Búi. * As a Dutch and German surname, reduced from Bode. * As a West Frisian surname, from the name Boye.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boe 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Boe in the United States.

## People named Boe

- Eric Boe, American astronaut
- Nils Boe, American politician and judge (1913–1992)

## Similar surnames

Bow, Bo, Bou, Booe, Bowe, Boyé, Bui, Bowie, Bay, Bae, Buie, Bey.

## 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.