How common is the surname Bove?

3,847 people in the United States had the surname Bove in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,256 Americans. It ranked 8,562nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bove?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bove identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bove?

Carol Bove, artist (born 1971).

Where is the surname Bove most common?

Wikidata records people named Bove in the United States.

Is the surname Bove getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,847 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Bove

A surname, carried by 3,847 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bove is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,847 people named Bove in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,256 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,937.

#8,562

rank among US surnames

3,847

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,782)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,556	Gress	3,850	80,194
#8,558	Lafave	3,849	80,214
#8,559	Defelice	3,848	80,235
#8,562	Manrique	3,847	80,256
#8,567	Fitz	3,846	80,277
#8,568	Kobayashi	3,845	80,298
#8,570	Weathersby	3,844	80,319

Who is named Bove

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

92% of people named Bove identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boves

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carol Bove
Artist (born 1971)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bove

Bove has the Soundex code B100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B100.

Questions

How common is the surname Bove?: 3,847 people in the United States had the surname Bove in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,256 Americans. It ranked 8,562nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bove?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bove identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bove?: Carol Bove, artist (born 1971).
Where is the surname Bove most common?: Wikidata records people named Bove in the United States.
Is the surname Bove getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,847 in 2010, down 2.3%.