How common is the surname Bohrer?

2,933 people in the United States had the surname Bohrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. It ranked 10,860th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bohrer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bohrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bohrer?

Corinne Bohrer, American actress.

Where is the surname Bohrer most common?

Wikidata records people named Bohrer in the United States.

Is the surname Bohrer getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,933 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Bohrer

A German surname, carried by 2,933 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bohrer is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Bohrer.

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 2,933 people named Bohrer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,969.

#10,860

rank among US surnames

2,933

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,013)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,851	Henriksen	2,935	105,194
#10,857	Munday	2,934	105,230
#10,860	Messmer	2,933	105,266
#10,866	Owsley	2,932	105,302

Who is named Bohrer

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

96% of people named Bohrer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bohrers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Corinne Bohrer
American actress, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bohrer

Bohrer has the Soundex code B660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B660.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bohrer come from?: Borrowed from German Bohrer.
How common is the surname Bohrer?: 2,933 people in the United States had the surname Bohrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. It ranked 10,860th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bohrer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bohrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bohrer?: Corinne Bohrer, American actress.
Where is the surname Bohrer most common?: Wikidata records people named Bohrer in the United States.
Is the surname Bohrer getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,933 in 2010, down 1.2%.