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    The surname Bouma

    A Czech surname, carried by 1,465 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B500

    Bouma: #18,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bouma #18,734, 1,465 people Bouma: #18,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bouma #18,734, 1,465 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bouma is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    A surname from Czech.

    One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,465 people named Bouma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,365.

    #18,734
    rank among US surnames
    1,465
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,619)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,729Woodmansee1,466210,604
    #18,734Danks1,465210,748

    Who is named Bouma

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

    95% of people named Bouma identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bouma

    Bouma has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bouma come from?
    Bouma is Czech in origin.
    How common is the surname Bouma?
    1,465 people in the United States had the surname Bouma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. It ranked 18,734th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bouma?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bouma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bouma getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,365 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,465 in 2010, up 7.3%.