How common is the surname Boman?

2,825 people in the United States had the surname Boman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,290 Americans. It ranked 11,193rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Boman getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,825 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Boman

A surname, carried by 2,825 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boman is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,825 people named Boman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,290 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,849.

#11,193

rank among US surnames

2,825

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,357)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,185	Olague	2,827	109,213
#11,189	Linde	2,826	109,252
#11,193	Boman	2,825	109,290
#11,196	Nally	2,824	109,329
#11,197	Domingues	2,823	109,368
#11,200	Sweeten	2,822	109,407

Who is named Boman

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

87% of people named Boman identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boman

Boman has the Soundex code B550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B550.

Questions

How common is the surname Boman?: 2,825 people in the United States had the surname Boman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,290 Americans. It ranked 11,193rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boman?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Boman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Boman getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,825 in 2010, down 0.8%.