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    The surname Boot

    An occupational surname, carried by 510 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boot is more common than 73.8% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, from the noun boot. * As a Dutch and German surname, from Bote (“messenger”), compare Bode. Also an occupational surname for a boatman, from boot.

    Boot 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 510 people named Boot in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 605,383 Americans. That is down 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 701.

    #42,511
    rank among US surnames
    510
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -27.2%
    change since 2000 (was #31,271)

    Who is named Boot

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

    91% of people named Boot identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Boots

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jaap Boot
      Athletics competitor (1903–1986)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boot

    Boot has the Soundex code B300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boot come from?
    * As an English surname, from the noun boot. * As a Dutch and German surname, from Bote (“messenger”), compare Bode. Also an occupational surname for a boatman, from boot.
    How common is the surname Boot?
    510 people in the United States had the surname Boot in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 605,383 Americans. It ranked 42,511th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boot?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Boot identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Boot?
    Jaap Boot, athletics competitor (1903–1986).
    Where is the surname Boot most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boot in Kingdom of the Netherlands.
    What type of surname is Boot?
    Boot is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Boot getting more or less common?
    Less common. 701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 510 in 2010, down 27%.