How common is the surname Boger?

4,051 people in the United States had the surname Boger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,215 Americans. It ranked 8,189th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Boger getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,051 in 2010, down 5.4%.

The surname Boger

A surname, carried by 4,051 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boger is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,051 people named Boger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,215 Americans. That is down 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,282.

#8,189

rank among US surnames

4,051

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,186)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,184	Kaczmarek	4,052	76,196
#8,189	Severino	4,051	76,215
#8,195	Teter	4,050	76,233
#8,196	McAbee	4,049	76,252
#8,198	Woosley	4,048	76,271

Who is named Boger

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

87% of people named Boger identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
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 Boger

Boger has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

Questions

How common is the surname Boger?: 4,051 people in the United States had the surname Boger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,215 Americans. It ranked 8,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boger?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Boger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Boger getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,051 in 2010, down 5.4%.