How common is the surname Botkin?

2,616 people in the United States had the surname Botkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,022 Americans. It ranked 11,952nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Botkin?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Botkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Botkin getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,616 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Botkin

A surname, carried by 2,616 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Botkin is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,616 people named Botkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,022 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,669.

#11,952

rank among US surnames

2,616

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #10,941)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,946	Polly	2,617	117,977
#11,952	Botkin	2,616	118,022
#11,954	McMullan	2,615	118,067
#11,957	Schillinger	2,614	118,112
#11,960	Abernethy	2,613	118,157

Who is named Botkin

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

95% of people named Botkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Botkin

Bodkin

Botkin has the Soundex code B325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B325.

Questions

How common is the surname Botkin?: 2,616 people in the United States had the surname Botkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,022 Americans. It ranked 11,952nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Botkin?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Botkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Botkin getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,616 in 2010, down 2.0%.