# Boer (surname)

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

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,395 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,379 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 221,323 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (1,331 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /boɹ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Dutch Boer, from boer (“farmer”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boer 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Baer, Bear, Beer, Behr, Bier, Bohr, Boor, Bera, Bero, Bora, Boyer, Bower.

## 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.