# Boggess (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/boggess/  
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 Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,684 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,140 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 65,915 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (4,659 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Nickname from Middle English boggish (“boastful, haughty”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boggess 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Boggess in the United States.

## People named Boggess

- Sierra Boggess, American actress and singer

## Similar surnames

Backus, Bukowski, Bacchus, Backes, Basquez, Busick, Biswas, Baccus, Bosquez, Backhaus, Bozek, Bajaj.

## 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.