How common is the surname Boyes?

1,965 people in the United States had the surname Boyes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. It ranked 15,033rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boyes?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Boyes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Boyes?

Christopher Boyes, American sound engineer.

Where is the surname Boyes most common?

Wikidata records people named Boyes in the United States.

Is the surname Boyes getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,965 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Boyes

A surname, carried by 1,965 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boyes is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,965 people named Boyes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,982.

#15,033

rank among US surnames

1,965

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,971)

Who is named Boyes

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

94% of people named Boyes identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boyess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christopher Boyes
American sound engineer, born 1968

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boyes

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

Questions

How common is the surname Boyes?: 1,965 people in the United States had the surname Boyes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. It ranked 15,033rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boyes?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Boyes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Boyes?: Christopher Boyes, American sound engineer.
Where is the surname Boyes most common?: Wikidata records people named Boyes in the United States.
Is the surname Boyes getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,965 in 2010, down 0.9%.