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    The surname Boerger

    A surname, carried by 1,488 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B626

    Boerger: #18,540 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boerger #18,540, 1,488 people Boerger: #18,540 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boerger #18,540, 1,488 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boerger is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,488 people named Boerger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,490 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,285.

    #18,540
    rank among US surnames
    1,488
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.8%
    change since 2000 (was #19,455)

    Who is named Boerger

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

    96% of people named Boerger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    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 Boerger

    Boerger has the Soundex code B626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B626.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Boerger?
    1,488 people in the United States had the surname Boerger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,490 Americans. It ranked 18,540th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boerger?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Boerger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Boerger getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,488 in 2010, up 16%.