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The surname Boydston

A surname, carried by 2,161 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B323

Boydston: #13,959 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boydston #13,959, 2,161 people Boydston: #13,959 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boydston #13,959, 2,161 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boydston is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,161 people named Boydston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,872 Americans. That is down 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,251.

#13,959
rank among US surnames
2,161
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
-4%
change since 2000 (was #12,616)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,953Kurian2,163142,739
#13,955Wallick2,162142,806
#13,959Milliron2,161142,872
#13,964Buentello2,160142,938
#13,967Veazey2,159143,004

Who is named Boydston

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

90% of people named Boydston identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Two or more races 2.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boydston

Boydston has the Soundex code B323, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B323.

Questions

How common is the surname Boydston?
2,161 people in the United States had the surname Boydston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,872 Americans. It ranked 13,959th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boydston?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Boydston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Boydston getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,161 in 2010, down 4.0%.