How common is the surname Booth?

49,402 people in the United States had the surname Booth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,250 Americans. It ranked 697th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Booth?

John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865), followed by Shirley Booth.

Where is the surname Booth most common?

Wikidata records people named Booth in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Booth getting more or less common?

More common. 48,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,402 in 2010, up 1.7%.

Is Booth also a first name?

Yes. Booth is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Booth

A surname, carried by 49,402 people in the United States.

Pronounced /buθ/ 1 syllable Soundex B300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Booth is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 49,402 people named Booth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,250 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 48,580.

#697

rank among US surnames

49,402

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #635)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#688	Melton	50,069	6,166
#689	O'Neill	50,028	6,171
#690	Savage	49,914	6,186
#691	Ho	49,817	6,198
#692	Beltran	49,776	6,203
#693	Pitts	49,740	6,207
#694	Parrish	49,733	6,208

Who is named Booth

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

83% of people named Booth identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Booths

30 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Wilkes Booth
American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865)
Shirley Booth
American actress (1898–1992)
Douglas Booth
British actor, born 1992
Hubert Cecil Booth
British engineer (1871–1955)
Edwin Booth
American actor (1833–1893)
Connie Booth
American writer and actress (born 1940)
Taylor Booth
American soccer player, born 2001
Kathleen Booth
British computer scientist (1922–2022)
Emma Booth
Australian model-turned-actress, born 1982
Wayne C. Booth
American academic, 1921–2005
Margaret Booth
American film editor (1898–2002)
Elmer Booth
American actor (1882-1915)

Notable Booths come mostly from the United States (17), the United Kingdom (7) and Australia (4).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Booth

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

Questions

How common is the surname Booth?: 49,402 people in the United States had the surname Booth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,250 Americans. It ranked 697th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Booth?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Booth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Booth?: John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865), followed by Shirley Booth.
Where is the surname Booth most common?: Wikidata records people named Booth in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Booth?: Booth is /buθ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Booth getting more or less common?: More common. 48,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,402 in 2010, up 1.7%.
Is Booth also a first name?: Yes. Booth is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.