# Bohm (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,426 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,724 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 127,265 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (2,326 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Böhm.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bohm 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bohm in Germany, Austria, the United States, Austria–Hungary and Ethiopia.

## People named Bohm

- David Bohm, American theoretical physicist (1917-1992)
- Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Austrian economist (1851-1914)
- Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (1894-1981)
- Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor (1928–2014)
- Dominikus Böhm, architect (1880-1955)
- Katharina Böhm, Austrian actress
- Elisabeth Böhm, architect (1921–2012)
- Christine Böhm, Austrian actress (1954-1979)
- Lucie Böhm, Austrian orienteer

## Similar surnames

Boehm, Behm, Boehme, Bouma, Bohn, Bohan, Bohne, Bohon, Bowen, Boone, Bean, Bain.

## 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.