The Boom surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 868 people carried this name — #26,446 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 67 people named Boom 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 Antwerp.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Boom.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Dordogne.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boom.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Boom is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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