How common is the surname Bohannan?

1,839 people in the United States had the surname Bohannan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,888 Americans. It ranked 15,827th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bohannan getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,839 in 2010, down 2.9%.

The surname Bohannan

An Irish surname, carried by 1,839 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bohannan is more common than 90.2% 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 1,839 people named Bohannan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,888 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,893.

#15,827

rank among US surnames

1,839

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,457)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,818	Istre	1,841	167,705
#15,824	Stannard	1,840	167,796
#15,827	Bohannan	1,839	167,888
#15,833	Bouffard	1,838	167,979

Who is named Bohannan

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

87% of people named Bohannan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bohannan

Bohannan 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 Bohannan come from?: Variant of Bohannon.
How common is the surname Bohannan?: 1,839 people in the United States had the surname Bohannan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,888 Americans. It ranked 15,827th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bohannan?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Bohannan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bohannan getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,839 in 2010, down 2.9%.