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    The surname Boyer

    A French surname, carried by 50,742 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B600

    Boyer: #676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Boyer #676, 50,742 people Boyer: #676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Boyer #676, 50,742 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boyer is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Boyer.

    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 50,742 people named Boyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,085 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 49,601.

    #676
    rank among US surnames
    50,742
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #622)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #667Zavala51,1536,036
    #668Hensley51,0816,044
    #669Glenn51,0436,049
    #670Cisneros50,9206,063
    #671Harrell50,8376,073
    #672Shields50,8326,074
    #673Rubio50,7886,079

    Who is named Boyer

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

    89% of people named Boyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Boyers

    11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paul D. Boyer
      American biochemist (1918–2018)
    • Jean-Pierre Boyer
      2nd President of Haiti (1776-1850)
    • Carl Benjamin Boyer
      American mathematician and historian (1906–1976)
    • Herbert Boyer
      American researcher and businessman, born 1936
    • Anne Boyer
      American poet and essayist, born 1973
    • Gregory Boyer
      American water polo player and coach, born 1958
    • Ken Boyer
      American baseball player and coach (1931–1982)
    • Tristan Boyer
      American tennis player, born 2001
    • Jacques Boyer
      American racing cyclist, born 1955
    • Joe Boyer
      American racing driver (1890–1924)
    • Rod Fontana
      American pornographic actor and director, born 1952

    Notable Boyers come mostly from the United States (10) and Haiti (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boyer

    Boyer has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Boyer come from?
    From French Boyer.
    How common is the surname Boyer?
    50,742 people in the United States had the surname Boyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,085 Americans. It ranked 676th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boyer?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Boyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Boyer?
    Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist (1918–2018), followed by Jean-Pierre Boyer.
    Where is the surname Boyer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boyer in the United States and Haiti.
    Is the surname Boyer getting more or less common?
    More common. 49,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 50,742 in 2010, up 2.3%.