How common is the surname Bohan?

2,351 people in the United States had the surname Bohan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,325 Americans. It ranked 13,057th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bohan?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bohan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bohan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,351 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Bohan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,351 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bohan is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Buadhacháin (“descendant of Buadhachán”), a personal name from the diminutive form of buadhach (“victorious”).

Bohan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,351 people named Bohan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,325 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,136.

#13,057

rank among US surnames

2,351

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,125)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,049	Atkin	2,353	131,214
#13,053	Class	2,352	131,269
#13,057	Vowell	2,351	131,325
#13,065	Crownover	2,350	131,381

Who is named Bohan

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

93% of people named Bohan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bohan

Bohan has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bohan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Buadhacháin (“descendant of Buadhachán”), a personal name from the diminutive form of buadhach (“victorious”).
How common is the surname Bohan?: 2,351 people in the United States had the surname Bohan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,325 Americans. It ranked 13,057th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bohan?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bohan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Bohan?: Bohan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Bohan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,351 in 2010, up 10%.