How common is the surname Boothe?

8,656 people in the United States had the surname Boothe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,668 Americans. It ranked 4,100th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Boothe?

Powers Boothe, American actor (1948–2017), followed by Clare Boothe Luce.

Where is the surname Boothe most common?

Wikidata records people named Boothe in the United States.

Is the surname Boothe getting more or less common?

More common. 8,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,656 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Boothe

A surname, carried by 8,656 people in the United States.

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). Boothe is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,656 people named Boothe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,668 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,215.

#4,100

rank among US surnames

8,656

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,973)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,096	Brittain	8,671	35,607
#4,098	Gurley	8,669	35,615
#4,099	Samples	8,663	35,640
#4,100	Boothe	8,656	35,668

Who is named Boothe

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

79% of people named Boothe identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boothes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Powers Boothe
American actor (1948–2017)
Clare Boothe Luce
American writer, politician, ambassador, journalist and anti-Communist activist (1903-1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boothe

Boothe 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 Boothe?: 8,656 people in the United States had the surname Boothe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,668 Americans. It ranked 4,100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boothe?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Boothe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Boothe?: Powers Boothe, American actor (1948–2017), followed by Clare Boothe Luce.
Where is the surname Boothe most common?: Wikidata records people named Boothe in the United States.
Is the surname Boothe getting more or less common?: More common. 8,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,656 in 2010, up 5.4%.