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    The surname Booe

    A surname, carried by 1,006 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Booe is more common than 84.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,006 people named Booe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. That is up 57% since 2000, when the Census counted 640.

    #24,762
    rank among US surnames
    1,006
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +57.2%
    change since 2000 (was #33,605)

    Who is named Booe

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

    88% of people named Booe identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Booe

    Booe has the Soundex code B000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Booe?
    1,006 people in the United States had the surname Booe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Booe?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Booe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Booe getting more or less common?
    More common. 640 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, up 57%.