How common is the surname Bomar?

3,487 people in the United States had the surname Bomar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,542 Americans. It ranked 9,338th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bomar getting more or less common?

More common. 3,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,487 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Bomar

A surname, carried by 3,487 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bomar is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,487 people named Bomar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,542 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,406.

#9,338

rank among US surnames

3,487

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,845)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,332	Kratzer	3,490	88,466
#9,334	Navarrette	3,489	88,491
#9,337	Korman	3,488	88,516
#9,338	Vallejos	3,487	88,542
#9,343	Ostrom	3,485	88,593
#9,344	Lampert	3,484	88,618

Who is named Bomar

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

75% of people named Bomar identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bomar

Bomar has the Soundex code B560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B560.

Questions

How common is the surname Bomar?: 3,487 people in the United States had the surname Bomar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,542 Americans. It ranked 9,338th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bomar?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Bomar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bomar getting more or less common?: More common. 3,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,487 in 2010, up 2.4%.