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    The surname Boer

    A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 1,395 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /boɹ/ 1 syllable Soundex B600

    Boer: #19,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boer #19,379, 1,395 people Boer: #19,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boer #19,379, 1,395 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boer is more common than 88.1% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

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

    Boer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,395 people named Boer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,323 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,331.

    #19,379
    rank among US surnames
    1,395
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #18,953)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,372Crass1,396221,164
    #19,379Persad1,395221,323

    Who is named Boer

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

    94% of people named Boer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Boer

    Boer has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boer come from?
    From Dutch Boer, from boer (“farmer”).
    How common is the surname Boer?
    1,395 people in the United States had the surname Boer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,323 Americans. It ranked 19,379th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boer?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Boer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Boer?
    Boer is /boɹ/, one syllable.
    What type of surname is Boer?
    Boer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Boer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,331 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,395 in 2010, up 4.8%.