How common is the last name Booker?

35,648 people in the United States have the last name Booker, about 1 in 8,385. It ranks #965 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BOOKER

#965

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
35,648
About
1 in 8,385
This common or more
39.3%
Who bears it

Of the 35,648 people with the last name Booker, 62.7% reported their origin as Black, 27.4% as White and 6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Booker

#963 Moyer · 35,709#964 Cho · 35,679#966 Zhu · 35,639#967 Dodson · 35,618

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Booker, most common first.

#7,949 Boozer · 3,998#8,263 Bowker · 3,841#51,280 Boker · 439#53,526 Boeker · 417#73,776 Bocker · 283#118,445 Bosker · 155#150,205 Bouker · 109#156,005 Bokker · 99

Also a first name

As a first name, Booker ranks #5,129 of 53,615, with 3,415 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1916, with 294 births. See Booker as a first name

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