How common is the surname Bohm?

2,426 people in the United States had the surname Bohm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,265 Americans. It ranked 12,724th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bohm?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bohm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bohm?

David Bohm, American theoretical physicist (1917-1992), followed by Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk.

Where is the surname Bohm most common?

Wikidata records people named Bohm in Germany, Austria and the United States and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Bohm getting more or less common?

More common. 2,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,426 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Bohm

A German surname, carried by 2,426 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bohm is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German Böhm.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,426 people named Bohm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,265 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,326.

#12,724

rank among US surnames

2,426

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,266)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,715	Duclos	2,428	127,160
#12,720	Marlatt	2,427	127,213
#12,724	Palmeri	2,426	127,265
#12,729	McLennan	2,425	127,318
#12,732	Nishimura	2,424	127,370

Who is named Bohm

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

95% of people named Bohm identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bohms

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1964
Elisabeth Böhm
Architect (1921–2012)
Christine Böhm
Austrian actress (1954-1979)
Lucie Böhm
Austrian orienteer, born 1974

Notable Bohms come mostly from Germany (3), Austria (3) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bohm

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bohm come from?: From German Böhm.
How common is the surname Bohm?: 2,426 people in the United States had the surname Bohm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,265 Americans. It ranked 12,724th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bohm?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bohm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bohm?: David Bohm, American theoretical physicist (1917-1992), followed by Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk.
Where is the surname Bohm most common?: Wikidata records people named Bohm in Germany, Austria and the United States and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Bohm getting more or less common?: More common. 2,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,426 in 2010, up 4.3%.