Explore the Family Name Bover

The meaning of Bover

1. English (Essex): status name from Middle English bovier ‘peasant’ (Old French bovier, buvier ‘oxherd’; compare 2 below). In the Middle Ages there was some confusion Bower and perhaps also Bowyer. 2. Catalan: occupational name for a herdsman, from Catalan bover ‘oxherd, cowherd’ (from Late Latin bovarius).

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Bover slightly shifted from the years 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Bover was ranked 112,365th in terms of popularity among surnames in the United States, with a count of 145 bearers. However, by 2010, despite its rank dropping to 116,829th, the number of people bearing the Bover surname increased marginally to 149. The proportion of bearers per 100,000 population remained constant at 0.05.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#112,365	#116,829	-3.97%
Count	145	149	2.76%
Proportion per 100k	0.05	0.05	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bover

The ethnicity associated with the surname Bover also underwent some changes between 2000 and 2010, as reported by the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, 75.17% of the Bovers identified themselves as White, while 19.31% identified as Hispanic and 4.14% as Black. No one identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native. By 2010, the percentage of Bovers identifying as White had dropped to 67.79%, while the percentage identifying as Hispanic had significantly increased to 29.53%. Interestingly, by 2010, no Bovers identified as Black, nor did they identify as belonging to two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	75.17%	67.79%	-9.82%
Hispanic	19.31%	29.53%	52.93%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	4.14%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%