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    The surname Bookman

    A surname, carried by 2,274 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B255

    Bookman: #13,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bookman #13,397, 2,274 people Bookman: #13,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bookman #13,397, 2,274 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bookman is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,274 people named Bookman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,772 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,201.

    #13,397
    rank among US surnames
    2,274
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,829)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,391Syverson2,275135,712
    #13,397Vess2,274135,772

    Who is named Bookman

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

    50% of people named Bookman identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bookman

    Bookman has the Soundex code B255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B255.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bookman?
    2,274 people in the United States had the surname Bookman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,772 Americans. It ranked 13,397th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bookman?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Bookman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bookman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,201 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,274 in 2010, up 3.3%.