# Botha (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/botha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Afrikaans.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 434 |
| US rank (2010) | 48,628 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 711,395 people |
| Change since 2000 | +55% (280 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Afrikaans Botha. Doublet of Both. * (Botha, Alberta): Named after Louis Botha.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Botha in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 4.8% |

## Similar surnames

Booth, Bethea, Boothe, Bott, Botta, Boda, Boot, Boyd, Beatty, Beaty, Beattie, Budd.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.