How common is the surname Box?

10,098 people in the United States had the surname Box in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,575 Americans. It ranked 3,538th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Box?

In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Box identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Box?

Henry Box Brown, American magician, illusionist, actor and former slave, followed by Steve Box.

Where is the surname Box most common?

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

Is the surname Box getting more or less common?

Less common. 10,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,098 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Box

A surname, carried by 10,098 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Box is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,098 people named Box in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,575 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,320.

#3,538

rank among US surnames

10,098

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,190)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,529	Tice	10,118	30,514
#3,530	DeSantis	10,117	30,517
#3,531	Ashworth	10,116	30,521
#3,532	Tafoya	10,114	30,527
#3,533	Pfeifer	10,109	30,542
#3,534	Boudreau	10,103	30,560
#3,535	Mattox	10,099	30,572

Who is named Box

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

83% of people named Box identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boxs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Box Brown
American magician, illusionist, actor and former slave, 1815–1897
Steve Box
British animator and director, born 1967

Notable Boxs come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Boxx

Surnames that sound like Box

Box has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

How common is the surname Box?: 10,098 people in the United States had the surname Box in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,575 Americans. It ranked 3,538th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Box?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Box identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Box?: Henry Box Brown, American magician, illusionist, actor and former slave, followed by Steve Box.
Where is the surname Box most common?: Wikidata records people named Box in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Box getting more or less common?: Less common. 10,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,098 in 2010, down 2.2%.
What are other spellings of Box?: Boxx.