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    The surname Bohanon

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,794 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B550

    Bohanon: #16,130 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bohanon #16,130, 1,794 people Bohanon: #16,130 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bohanon #16,130, 1,794 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bohanon is more common than 90.1% 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 1,794 people named Bohanon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,099 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,667.

    #16,130
    rank among US surnames
    1,794
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,995)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,125Kinnaman1,795172,003
    #16,130Dickison1,794172,099
    #16,136Bastidas1,793172,195

    Who is named Bohanon

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

    61% of people named Bohanon identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bohanon

    Bohanon 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 Bohanon come from?
    Variant of Bohannon.
    How common is the surname Bohanon?
    1,794 people in the United States had the surname Bohanon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,099 Americans. It ranked 16,130th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bohanon?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Bohanon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bohanon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,794 in 2010, up 7.6%.