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The surname Bohon

A surname, carried by 1,244 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B500

Bohon: #21,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bohon #21,105, 1,244 people Bohon: #21,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bohon #21,105, 1,244 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bohon is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,244 people named Bohon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,188 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,245.

#21,105
rank among US surnames
1,244
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-0.1%
change since 2000 (was #19,953)

Who is named Bohon

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

91% of people named Bohon identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bohon

Bohon 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 Bohon?
1,244 people in the United States had the surname Bohon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,188 Americans. It ranked 21,105th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bohon?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bohon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bohon getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,244 in 2010, down 0.1%.