How common is the surname Boster?

1,121 people in the United States had the surname Boster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. It ranked 22,838th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boster?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Boster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Boster getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,121 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Boster

A surname, carried by 1,121 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boster is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,121 people named Boster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,150.

#22,838

rank among US surnames

1,121

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,254)

Who is named Boster

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

93% of people named Boster identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boster

Boster has the Soundex code B236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B236.

Questions

How common is the surname Boster?: 1,121 people in the United States had the surname Boster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. It ranked 22,838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boster?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Boster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Boster getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,121 in 2010, down 2.5%.