How common is the surname Boice?

3,021 people in the United States had the surname Boice in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,200 Americans. It ranked 10,601st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Boice getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,021 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Boice

A surname, carried by 3,021 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boice is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,021 people named Boice in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,200 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,047.

#10,601

rank among US surnames

3,021

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,798)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,593	Butters	3,025	102,065
#10,596	Coan	3,024	102,098
#10,598	Chumley	3,022	102,166
#10,601	Boice	3,021	102,200
#10,603	Hugo	3,020	102,234
#10,607	Kollar	3,019	102,267

Who is named Boice

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

92% of people named Boice identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boice

Boice has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

How common is the surname Boice?: 3,021 people in the United States had the surname Boice in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,200 Americans. It ranked 10,601st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boice?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Boice identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Boice getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,021 in 2010, down 0.9%.