# Box (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/box/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,098 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,538 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,575 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.2% (10,320 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Boxx |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Box in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Box in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Box

- Henry Box Brown, American magician, illusionist, actor and former slave
- Steve Box, British animator and director

## Similar surnames

Bos, Bok, Beck, Bush, Bass, Buck, Baez, Beach, Boggs, Baca, Boyce, Biggs.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.