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    The surname Boughner

    A surname, carried by 1,324 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B256

    Boughner: #20,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boughner #20,157, 1,324 people Boughner: #20,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boughner #20,157, 1,324 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boughner is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,324 people named Boughner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,191 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,492.

    #20,157
    rank among US surnames
    1,324
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -11.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,426)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,149Cruze1,325233,016
    #20,157Germaine1,324233,191
    #20,165Meckley1,323233,368

    Who is named Boughner

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

    94% of people named Boughner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boughner

    Boughner has the Soundex code B256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B256.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Boughner?
    1,324 people in the United States had the surname Boughner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,191 Americans. It ranked 20,157th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boughner?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Boughner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Boughner getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,324 in 2010, down 11%.