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    The surname Bohanan

    An Irish surname, carried by 2,116 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B550

    Bohanan: #14,191 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bohanan #14,191, 2,116 people Bohanan: #14,191 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bohanan #14,191, 2,116 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bohanan is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Bohannon.

    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 2,116 people named Bohanan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,910 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,975.

    #14,191
    rank among US surnames
    2,116
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #14,012)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,184Pusateri2,117145,841
    #14,191Majano2,116145,910
    #14,197Riggio2,115145,979

    Who is named Bohanan

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

    78% of people named Bohanan identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 5.4%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bohanan

    Bohanan has the Soundex code B550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B550.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bohanan come from?
    Variant of Bohannon.
    How common is the surname Bohanan?
    2,116 people in the United States had the surname Bohanan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,910 Americans. It ranked 14,191st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bohanan?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Bohanan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bohanan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,975 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,116 in 2010, up 7.1%.