How common is the surname Booker?

36,840 people in the United States had the surname Booker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,381 Americans. It ranked 941st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Booker?

Cory Booker, American politician (born 1969), followed by Devin Booker.

Where is the surname Booker most common?

Wikidata records people named Booker in the United States.

How do you pronounce Booker?

Booker is /ˈbʊkəɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Booker getting more or less common?

More common. 35,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,840 in 2010, up 5.0%.

Is Booker also a first name?

Yes. Booker is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Booker

An occupational surname, carried by 36,840 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbʊkəɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex B260 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Booker is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for either a scribe or bookbinder, or a bleacher of cloth.

Booker is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 36,840 people named Booker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,381 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 35,101.

#941

rank among US surnames

36,840

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #902)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#932	Levy	37,228	8,293
#933	Huber	37,170	8,306
#934	Richmond	37,053	8,333
#935	Moyer	37,050	8,333
#936	Lim	37,021	8,340
#937	Frye	36,973	8,351
#938	Sheppard	36,960	8,354

Who is named Booker

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

65% of people named Booker identified as Black (not Hispanic), 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 65%
White (not Hispanic) 28%
Two or more races 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Bookers

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cory Booker
American politician (born 1969)
Devin Booker
American basketball player (born 1996)
Trevor Booker
American basketball player, born 1987
James Booker
American musician and singer (1939–1983)
Devin Booker
American basketball player (born 1991)
Melvin Booker
American basketball player (born 1972)
Chris Booker
American basketball player (born 1981)
Chakaia Booker
American artist (born 1953)
Eric Booker
American competitive eater and rapper, born 1969
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist, 1933–2006
Askia Booker
American basketball player (born 1993)
Deishuan Booker
American basketball player (born 1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bucker

Surnames that sound like Booker

Booker has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

Questions

How common is the surname Booker?: 36,840 people in the United States had the surname Booker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,381 Americans. It ranked 941st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Booker?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Booker identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Booker?: Cory Booker, American politician (born 1969), followed by Devin Booker.
Where is the surname Booker most common?: Wikidata records people named Booker in the United States.
How do you pronounce Booker?: Booker is /ˈbʊkəɹ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Booker?: Booker is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Booker getting more or less common?: More common. 35,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,840 in 2010, up 5.0%.
What are other spellings of Booker?: Bucker.
Is Booker also a first name?: Yes. Booker is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.