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    The surname Boomer

    A surname, carried by 2,368 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B560

    Boomer: #12,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boomer #12,968, 2,368 people Boomer: #12,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boomer #12,968, 2,368 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boomer is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,368 people named Boomer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,382 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,132.

    #12,968
    rank among US surnames
    2,368
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,149)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,961Rine2,370130,272
    #12,965Stigall2,369130,327
    #12,968Highfill2,368130,382
    #12,971Handel2,367130,437

    Who is named Boomer

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

    71% of people named Boomer identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boomer

    Boomer has the Soundex code B560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Boomer?
    2,368 people in the United States had the surname Boomer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,382 Americans. It ranked 12,968th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boomer?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Boomer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Boomer getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,368 in 2010, up 11%.