# Bogue (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bogue/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,521 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,245 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 87,687 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (3,496 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /boːɡ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

In reference to the Chinese strait, a corruption of Portuguese Boca do Tigre (literally “Mouth of the Tiger”), a calque of the Chinese name 虎門 /虎门 (Hǔmén, literally “Tiger Gate”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bogue 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) | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Bose, Bosque, Bouse, Boze, Boge, Beck, Bush, Bass, Buck, Baez, Beach, Boggs.

## 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.