Explore the Family Name Bockoven

The meaning of Bockoven

1. Americanized form of German Backofen, a metonymic occupational name for a baker or topographic name for someone living near the village bake oven, from back(en) ‘to bake’ + ofen ‘oven’. 2. Alternatively, perhaps an Americanized form of Dutch Bokhoven: habitational name from the village of Bokhoven in North Brabant. Compare Bockover.

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How common is the last name Bockoven in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Bockoven has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 66,878, but by 2010, it had risen to rank 65,593, indicating a 1.92% change. Similarly, the count of people with this surname increased by 9.42%, from 276 in 2000 to 302 in 2010. However, the proportion of people with this last name per 100,000 remained constant at 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#66,878	#65,593	1.92%
Count	276	302	9.42%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bockoven

The ethnic identity associated with the Bockoven surname also saw some changes from 2000 to 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, 95.29% of Bockovens identified as White, which slightly decreased to 94.70% in 2010. The 2000 census reported 2.17% identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, but by 2010, this percentage fell to zero. Conversely, the 2010 data indicated new appearances of Bockovens identifying with two or more races (2.32%) and Hispanic ethnicity (2.65%), categories that were not reported in 2000. No Bockovens identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.29%	94.7%	-0.62%
Hispanic	0%	2.65%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	2.32%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.17%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%