The Bohm surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,426 people carried this name — #12,724 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 122,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 2,326 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bohm surname
From German Böhm.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bohm» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
749 people named Bohm live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
380 people named Bohm have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 644 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 168 people named Bohm.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 120 people named Bohm live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 26 people named Bohm live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
1,068 people named Bohm are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Bohm,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lars Bohm 1571–1629 · mayor of a place in Sweden -
Erik Bohm 1745–1820 · politician
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Christian von Bohm 1766–1824 · diplomat
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Christian von Bohm 1768–1824 · diplomat
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Amadeus Wenzel Böhm 1769–1823 · illustrator
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Christian Bohm 1800–1869 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bohm.
- Bogo 114 · U.S. census
- Bohan 2,351 · U.S. census
- Bohin 110 · U.S. census
- Bohl 3,125 · U.S. census
- Bohler 1,335 · U.S. census
- Bohlinger 308 · U.S. census
- Bohn 9,272 · U.S. census
- Bohner 1,698 · U.S. census
- Bohnert 1,661 · U.S. census
- Bohr 1,779 · U.S. census
- Bohrer 2,933 · U.S. census
- Bohy 117 · U.S. census
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