How common is the surname Boulware?

3,903 people in the United States had the surname Boulware in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,105 Americans. It ranked 8,464th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Boulware getting more or less common?

More common. 3,506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,903 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Boulware

A surname, carried by 3,903 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boulware is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,903 people named Boulware in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,105 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,506.

#8,464

rank among US surnames

3,903

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+11.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,633)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,455	Edson	3,906	79,044
#8,456	Gilreath	3,905	79,064
#8,458	Danna	3,904	79,084
#8,464	Grimmett	3,903	79,105
#8,467	Vineyard	3,901	79,145
#8,469	Patti	3,899	79,186
#8,470	Braithwaite	3,898	79,206

Who is named Boulware

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

53% of people named Boulware identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 40%
Two or more races 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
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 Boulware

Boulware has the Soundex code B460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B460.

Questions

How common is the surname Boulware?: 3,903 people in the United States had the surname Boulware in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,105 Americans. It ranked 8,464th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boulware?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Boulware identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Boulware getting more or less common?: More common. 3,506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,903 in 2010, up 11%.