How common is the surname Boos?

3,562 people in the United States had the surname Boos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,678 Americans. It ranked 9,164th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boos?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Boos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Boos getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,562 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Boos

A surname, carried by 3,562 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boos is more common than 94.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,562 people named Boos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,678 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,609.

#9,164

rank among US surnames

3,562

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,410)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,155	Tolle	3,564	86,629
#9,161	Tincher	3,563	86,653
#9,164	Boos	3,562	86,678
#9,165	Caston	3,561	86,702
#9,171	Stamey	3,560	86,726
#9,172	Joaquin	3,559	86,751

Who is named Boos

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

95% of people named Boos identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boos

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

Questions

How common is the surname Boos?: 3,562 people in the United States had the surname Boos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,678 Americans. It ranked 9,164th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boos?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Boos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Boos getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,562 in 2010, down 1.3%.