# Bovell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bovell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 659 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,390 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 468,506 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (574 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname of Norman origin, from one of the towns called Bouville in France.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bovell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.8% |
| Two or more races | 4.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bovell in Barbados and Australia.

## People named Bovell

- Dennis Bovell, Barbadian-British reggae musician
- Andrew Bovell, Australian writer, screenwriter

## Similar surnames

Bevill, Bible, Beville, Babel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.