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    The surname Book

    A surname, carried by 6,356 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Book: #5,471 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Book #5,471, 6,356 people Book: #5,471 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Book #5,471, 6,356 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Book is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    An Americanized form of German Buch, or alternatively a variant of Buck.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,356 people named Book in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,575 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,872.

    #5,471
    rank among US surnames
    6,356
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,449)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,462Felipe6,37048,469
    #5,463Perrone6,36848,484
    #5,464Albarran6,36648,499
    #5,465Kempf6,36448,514
    #5,466Wingfield6,36248,530
    #5,468Gault6,36048,545
    #5,469Izaguirre6,35848,560

    Who is named Book

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

    93% of people named Book identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Book

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Book come from?
    An Americanized form of German Buch, or alternatively a variant of Buck.
    How common is the surname Book?
    6,356 people in the United States had the surname Book in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,575 Americans. It ranked 5,471st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Book?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Book identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Book getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,356 in 2010, up 8.2%.