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    The surname Bontrager

    A surname, carried by 8,507 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B536

    Bontrager: #4,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bontrager #4,167, 8,507 people Bontrager: #4,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bontrager #4,167, 8,507 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bontrager is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,507 people named Bontrager in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,293 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,208.

    #4,167
    rank among US surnames
    8,507
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37%
    change since 2000 (was #5,174)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,163Sharkey8,51436,263
    #4,164Schulze8,50936,285
    #4,165Shumaker8,50836,289
    #4,167Bontrager8,50736,293

    Who is named Bontrager

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

    98% of people named Bontrager identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bontrager?
    8,507 people in the United States had the surname Bontrager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,293 Americans. It ranked 4,167th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bontrager?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Bontrager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bontrager getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,507 in 2010, up 37%.