The Booms surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 595 people carried this name — #37,442 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 531 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Booms surname
Borrowed from Dutch and North German Booms.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Booms» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 112 people named Booms 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 Limburg.
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 50 people named Booms.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Marne.
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.
Who carried it
People named Booms,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Booms 1924–2007 · archivist
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Martin Booms 1971– · philosopher
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Booms.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Booms is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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