How common is the surname Boley?

4,990 people in the United States had the surname Boley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,873 Americans. It ranked 6,755th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Boley getting more or less common?

More common. 4,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,990 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Boley

A surname, carried by 4,990 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boley is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,990 people named Boley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,873 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,841.

#6,755

rank among US surnames

4,990

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,470)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,746	Fraga	4,998	61,774
#6,748	Neves	4,997	61,786
#6,749	Batres	4,996	61,799
#6,750	Benge	4,995	61,811
#6,751	Tseng	4,994	61,823
#6,752	McMinn	4,993	61,836
#6,753	Kight	4,992	61,848

Who is named Boley

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

90% of people named Boley identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boley

Boley has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Questions

How common is the surname Boley?: 4,990 people in the United States had the surname Boley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,873 Americans. It ranked 6,755th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boley?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Boley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Boley getting more or less common?: More common. 4,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,990 in 2010, up 3.1%.