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    The surname Boeckman

    A German surname, carried by 1,231 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B255

    Boeckman: #21,288 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boeckman #21,288, 1,231 people Boeckman: #21,288 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boeckman #21,288, 1,231 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boeckman is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Variant of Boeckmann.

    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 1,231 people named Boeckman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 250,809 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,162.

    #21,288
    rank among US surnames
    1,231
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #21,069)

    Who is named Boeckman

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

    97% of people named Boeckman identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Boeckman

    Boeckman has the Soundex code B255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B255.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boeckman come from?
    Variant of Boeckmann.
    How common is the surname Boeckman?
    1,231 people in the United States had the surname Boeckman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,809 Americans. It ranked 21,288th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boeckman?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Boeckman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Boeckman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,231 in 2010, up 5.9%.