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    The surname Boggess

    An English nickname surname, carried by 4,684 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B220

    Boggess: #7,140 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boggess #7,140, 4,684 people Boggess: #7,140 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boggess #7,140, 4,684 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boggess is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Boggess is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,684 people named Boggess in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,915 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,659.

    #7,140
    rank among US surnames
    4,684
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #6,684)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,133Brunelle4,68865,859
    #7,135Killingsworth4,68665,887
    #7,138Millsap4,68565,901
    #7,140Boggess4,68465,915
    #7,141Revels4,68365,929
    #7,142Kunkle4,68265,943

    Who is named Boggess

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

    91% of people named Boggess identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Boggesss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sierra Boggess
      American actress and singer, born 1982

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boggess come from?
    Nickname from Middle English boggish (“boastful, haughty”).
    How common is the surname Boggess?
    4,684 people in the United States had the surname Boggess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,915 Americans. It ranked 7,140th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boggess?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Boggess identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Boggess?
    Sierra Boggess, American actress and singer.
    Where is the surname Boggess most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boggess in the United States.
    What type of surname is Boggess?
    Boggess is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Boggess getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,659 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,684 in 2010, up 0.5%.