How common is the surname Boggs?

27,880 people in the United States had the surname Boggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,074 Americans. It ranked 1,262nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Boggs?

Grace Lee Boggs, American social activist and feminist (1915-2015), followed by Lindy Boggs.

Where is the surname Boggs most common?

Wikidata records people named Boggs in the United States.

Is the surname Boggs getting more or less common?

More common. 27,822 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,880 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Boggs

A surname, carried by 27,880 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). Boggs is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 27,880 people named Boggs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,074 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 27,822.

#1,262

rank among US surnames

27,880

people in 2010

9.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,156)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,253	Hastings	28,015	11,021
#1,254	Pierson	27,983	11,033
#1,255	Chacon	27,982	11,034
#1,256	Renteria	27,976	11,036
#1,257	Mohamed	27,972	11,038
#1,258	Nicholas	27,922	11,057
#1,259	Kendrick	27,915	11,060

Who is named Boggs

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

89% of people named Boggs identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boggss

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Grace Lee Boggs
American social activist and feminist (1915-2015)
Lindy Boggs
American politician (1916-2013)
Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr.
American politician (1914–1972)
Wade Boggs
American baseball player, born 1958
David Boggs
American electrical engineer (1950–2022)
Francis Boggs
American film actor and director (1870-1911)
Henrietta Boggs
American author, 1918–2020
Lilburn Boggs
American politician (1796-1860)
Gail Boggs
Actress, born 1951
Danny Julian Boggs
American judge, born 1944
J. Caleb Boogs
American politician (1909–1993)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Boggus

Surnames that sound like Boggs

Boggs 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 Boggs?: 27,880 people in the United States had the surname Boggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,074 Americans. It ranked 1,262nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boggs?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Boggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Boggs?: Grace Lee Boggs, American social activist and feminist (1915-2015), followed by Lindy Boggs.
Where is the surname Boggs most common?: Wikidata records people named Boggs in the United States.
Is the surname Boggs getting more or less common?: More common. 27,822 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,880 in 2010, up 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Boggs?: Boggus.