How common is the surname Boe?

3,850 people in the United States had the surname Boe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,194 Americans. It ranked 8,556th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boe?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Boe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Boe?

Eric Boe, American astronaut, followed by Nils Boe.

Where is the surname Boe most common?

Wikidata records people named Boe in the United States.

Is the surname Boe getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,850 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Boe

A Norse surname, carried by 3,850 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boe is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

* 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.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,850 people named Boe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,194 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,937.

#8,556

rank among US surnames

3,850

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,782)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,547	Winner	3,853	80,131
#8,551	Riehl	3,852	80,152
#8,556	Gress	3,850	80,194
#8,558	Lafave	3,849	80,214
#8,559	Defelice	3,848	80,235
#8,562	Manrique	3,847	80,256

Who is named Boe

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

92% of people named Boe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eric Boe
American astronaut, born 1964
Nils Boe
American politician and judge (1913–1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boe

Boe has the Soundex code B000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B000.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Boe come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Boe?: 3,850 people in the United States had the surname Boe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,194 Americans. It ranked 8,556th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boe?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Boe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Boe?: Eric Boe, American astronaut, followed by Nils Boe.
Where is the surname Boe most common?: Wikidata records people named Boe in the United States.
Is the surname Boe getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,850 in 2010, down 2.2%.