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    The surname Boor

    A surname, carried by 1,165 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B600

    Boor: #22,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boor #22,173, 1,165 people Boor: #22,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boor #22,173, 1,165 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boor is more common than 86.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,165 people named Boor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,018 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,188.

    #22,173
    rank among US surnames
    1,165
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #20,693)

    Who is named Boor

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

    96% of people named Boor identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Boors

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Boris Boor
      Austrian equestrian, born 1950

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boor

    Boor has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Boor?
    1,165 people in the United States had the surname Boor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,018 Americans. It ranked 22,173rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boor?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Boor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Boor?
    Boris Boor, Austrian equestrian.
    Where is the surname Boor most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boor in Czechoslovakia.
    Is the surname Boor getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,165 in 2010, down 1.9%.