How common is the surname Boes?

2,543 people in the United States had the surname Boes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,410 Americans. It ranked 12,236th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boes?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Boes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Boes getting more or less common?

More common. 2,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,543 in 2010, up 7.2%.

The surname Boes

A surname, carried by 2,543 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boes is more common than 92.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,543 people named Boes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,410 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,372.

#12,236

rank among US surnames

2,543

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #12,070)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,227	Greenhalgh	2,546	121,267
#12,229	Check	2,545	121,315
#12,231	Dumond	2,544	121,362
#12,236	Maly	2,543	121,410
#12,238	Doby	2,542	121,458
#12,242	Satterlee	2,541	121,506

Who is named Boes

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

95% of people named Boes identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boes

Boes has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

How common is the surname Boes?: 2,543 people in the United States had the surname Boes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,410 Americans. It ranked 12,236th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boes?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Boes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Boes getting more or less common?: More common. 2,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,543 in 2010, up 7.2%.