How common is the surname Bohn?

9,272 people in the United States had the surname Bohn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,299 Americans. It ranked 3,822nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bohn?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bohn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bohn?

Aloísio Sinésio Bohn, Brazilian priest, followed by Remídio José Bohn.

Where is the surname Bohn most common?

Wikidata records people named Bohn in Brazil.

Is the surname Bohn getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,272 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Bohn

A surname, carried by 9,272 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). Bohn is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,272 people named Bohn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,299 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,397.

#3,822

rank among US surnames

9,272

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,477)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,813	Trapp	9,294	33,220
#3,815	Ocasio	9,293	33,223
#3,816	Neeley	9,288	33,241
#3,817	Wiese	9,287	33,245
#3,818	Maas	9,285	33,252
#3,819	Joe	9,280	33,270
#3,820	Whitson	9,273	33,295

Who is named Bohn

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

95% of people named Bohn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bohns

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aloísio Sinésio Bohn
Brazilian priest, 1934–2022
Remídio José Bohn
Brazilian priest (1950-2018)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bohn

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

Questions

How common is the surname Bohn?: 9,272 people in the United States had the surname Bohn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,299 Americans. It ranked 3,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bohn?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bohn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bohn?: Aloísio Sinésio Bohn, Brazilian priest, followed by Remídio José Bohn.
Where is the surname Bohn most common?: Wikidata records people named Bohn in Brazil.
Is the surname Bohn getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,272 in 2010, down 1.3%.