Explore the Family Name Boen

The meaning of Boen

1. Dutch: variant of Boon. 2. Norwegian (Bøen): habitational name from the common farm name Bøen ‘The Farm’, from bø ‘farm’ or ‘meadow’ (Old Norse býr) + the definite article -en. 3. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 溫 (mainly found in Indonesia), possibly based on its Hakka pronunciation, see Wen 1.

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

The Boen surname was ranked 20,099 in popularity according to the Decennial U.S. Census data from 2000, but dropped slightly by 4.04% to 20,910 in 2010. The census also shows that the number of individuals with the Boen surname increased slightly from 1,234 in 2000 to 1,260 in 2010, an increase of 2.11%. However, the proportion of people named Boen per 100,000 decreased by 6.52% over this ten-year period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,099	#20,910	-4.04%
Count	1,234	1,260	2.11%
Proportion per 100k	0.46	0.43	-6.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Boen

When looking at the ethnicity of the bearers of the Boen surname according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority identify as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 90.76% in 2000 to 87.70% in 2010. Over the same period, there was a significant increase in those identifying their ethnicity as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic, with increases of 36.69% and 70.32% respectively. The percentage of Boens identifying as Black more than doubled, albeit from a small base. There was a slight decrease in the percentage of Boens identifying as being of two or more races and a marginal increase in those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	90.76%	87.7%	-3.37%
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.08%	4.21%	36.69%
Hispanic	2.19%	3.73%	70.32%
Two or More Races	2.59%	2.3%	-11.2%
Black	0.57%	1.19%	108.77%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.81%	0.87%	7.41%