How common is the surname Boyce?

26,376 people in the United States had the surname Boyce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,706 Americans. It ranked 1,337th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Boyce?

Cameron Boyce, American actor (1999–2019), followed by Emmerson Boyce.

Where is the surname Boyce most common?

Wikidata records people named Boyce in the United States, Barbados and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Boyce?

Boyce is /bɔɪs/, one syllable.

Is the surname Boyce getting more or less common?

More common. 26,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,376 in 2010, up 0.6%.

Is Boyce also a first name?

Yes. Boyce is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Boyce

A French place surname, carried by 26,376 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɔɪs/ 1 syllable Soundex B200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boyce is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

From Old French bois (“wood”).

Boyce is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 26,376 people named Boyce in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,706 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,229.

#1,337

rank among US surnames

26,376

people in 2010

8.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,223)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,328	Herron	26,559	11,625
#1,329	McNamara	26,534	11,636
#1,330	Rouse	26,519	11,642
#1,331	Burt	26,475	11,662
#1,332	Battle	26,432	11,681
#1,333	Gustafson	26,421	11,686
#1,334	Herbert	26,417	11,687

Who is named Boyce

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

74% of people named Boyce identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boyces

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cameron Boyce
American actor (1999–2019)
Emmerson Boyce
Barbadian footballer, born 1979
Sonia Boyce
British Afro-Caribbean visual artist, born 1961
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, born 1961
Lionel Boyce
American actor (born 1991)
Peter Boyce
Australian athlete, born 1946

Notable Boyces come mostly from the United States (5), Barbados (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Boyce

Boyce has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Boyce come from?: From Old French bois (“wood”).
How common is the surname Boyce?: 26,376 people in the United States had the surname Boyce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,706 Americans. It ranked 1,337th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boyce?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Boyce identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Boyce?: Cameron Boyce, American actor (1999–2019), followed by Emmerson Boyce.
Where is the surname Boyce most common?: Wikidata records people named Boyce in the United States, Barbados and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Boyce?: Boyce is /bɔɪs/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Boyce?: Boyce is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Boyce getting more or less common?: More common. 26,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,376 in 2010, up 0.6%.
What are other spellings of Boyce?: Boyes and Boice.
Is Boyce also a first name?: Yes. Boyce is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.