Bohner surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bohner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,698 people carried this name — #16,809 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted. That is up 20% from 1,410 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

251 people named Bohner live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 86
Zurich 34
Aargau 26
Solothurn 22
Thurgau 21
Vaud 20
Basel-Landschaft 15
Lucerne 8

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Bohner.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Bas-Rhin 45
Paris 8
Moselle 4
Haut-Rhin 4
Aisne 1
Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Bohner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Heinrich Bohner 1842–1915 · missionary
  • Theodor Bohner 1882–1963 · writer
  • Theodor Bohner 1882–1963 · writer
  • Hermann Bohner 1884–1963 · writer
  • Gerhard Bohner 1936–1992 · ballet master
  • Gerd Bohner 1959– · psychologist

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Bohner is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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