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    The surname Boulay

    A French surname, carried by 1,440 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boulay is more common than 88.3% 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 1,440 people named Boulay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,407 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,326.

    #18,950
    rank among US surnames
    1,440
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,007)

    Who is named Boulay

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

    92% of people named Boulay identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boulay

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boulay come from?
    Boulay is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Boulay?
    1,440 people in the United States had the surname Boulay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,407 Americans. It ranked 18,950th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boulay?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Boulay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Boulay getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,440 in 2010, up 8.6%.