How common is the surname Bovee?

2,754 people in the United States had the surname Bovee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,108 Americans. It ranked 11,436th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bovee?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bovee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bovee?

Leslie Bovee, American pornographic actress.

Where is the surname Bovee most common?

Wikidata records people named Bovee in the United States.

Is the surname Bovee getting more or less common?

More common. 2,686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,754 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Bovee

A surname, carried by 2,754 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bovee is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,754 people named Bovee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,108 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,686.

#11,436

rank among US surnames

2,754

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,881)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,428	Popa	2,757	111,986
#11,430	Eshelman	2,756	112,027
#11,436	Bovee	2,754	112,108
#11,440	Wehr	2,753	112,149
#11,443	Nygaard	2,752	112,190

Who is named Bovee

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

94% of people named Bovee identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bovees

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leslie Bovee
American pornographic actress, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bovee

Bovee 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 Bovee?: 2,754 people in the United States had the surname Bovee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,108 Americans. It ranked 11,436th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bovee?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bovee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bovee?: Leslie Bovee, American pornographic actress.
Where is the surname Bovee most common?: Wikidata records people named Bovee in the United States.
Is the surname Bovee getting more or less common?: More common. 2,686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,754 in 2010, up 2.5%.