The Booher surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,900 people carried this name — #5,075 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 6,436 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Booher surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley explains it as ‘the butcher’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 120 · public domain.

In print

Booher in American newspapers,
1885–1902.

Newspaper page from The Canton Times carrying the name Booher
The Canton Times 1902-01-31
Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Booher
The Butte Inter Mountain 1902-01-25
Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Miner carrying the name Booher
The Semi-weekly Miner 1885-03-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,970 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Booher in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

77 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Booher. The most, 19, date from the 1860s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 6.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 37
Queensland 19
New South Wales 8
Victoria 8
South Australia 2
Western Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Booher.

Who carried it

People named Booher,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles F. Booher
    Charles F. Booher 1848–1921 · lawyer
  • Vernon Booher 1907–1929
  • Lawrence Joseph Booher 1910–1972 · agricultural engineer
  • Darwin L. Booher 1942–2025 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Booher,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States336 records

336 records of the Booher name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 242
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 78
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harvey E. Booher

    Born 1906 in Virginia. Enlisted 1941 at Roanoke; farm hand from Washington County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Boohers Chapel Cemetery, Bristol, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Bobby R. Booher

    Born 1932; from Jefferson County, Arkansas. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Laurence William Booher

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1952, died 2000; buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 336 records for Booher in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Booher name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Nathan Patterson Booher

    Driver of Yarraville, Victoria; died 1974.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Booher in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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