# Boyce (surname)

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

An English habitational surname from Old French for someone living near the woods.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 26,376 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,337 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,706 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (26,229 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɔɪs/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Boyes, Boice |

## Etymology

From Old French bois (“wood”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Boyce 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Boyce in the United States, Barbados, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

## People named Boyce

- Cameron Boyce, American actor (1999–2019)
- Emmerson Boyce, Barbadian footballer
- Sonia Boyce, British Afro-Caribbean visual artist
- George Price Boyce, British artist (1826-1897)
- Donnie Boyce, American basketball player (born 1973)
- Raymond F. Boyce, American computer scientist (1947–1974)
- Todd Boyce, American actor
- Lionel Boyce, American actor (born 1991)
- Peter Boyce, Australian athlete

## Similar surnames

Bose, Boice, Boze, Bock, Boyes, Boch, Boge, Boschee, Beck, Bush, Bass, Buck.

## 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.