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    The surname Boivin

    A French surname, carried by 2,265 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B150

    Boivin: #13,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boivin #13,445, 2,265 people Boivin: #13,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boivin #13,445, 2,265 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boivin is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,265 people named Boivin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,311 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,119.

    #13,445
    rank among US surnames
    2,265
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,213)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,438Epperly2,267136,191
    #13,440Lerman2,266136,251
    #13,445Boivin2,265136,311
    #13,453Carstensen2,264136,372

    Who is named Boivin

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Boivin identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boivin

    Boivin has the Soundex code B150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B150.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boivin come from?
    Boivin is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Boivin?
    2,265 people in the United States had the surname Boivin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,311 Americans. It ranked 13,445th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boivin?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Boivin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Is the surname Boivin getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,265 in 2010, up 6.9%.