How common is the surname Boyett?

4,465 people in the United States had the surname Boyett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,148 Americans. It ranked 7,465th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boyett?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Boyett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Boyett?

William Boyett, American actor (1927-2004).

Where is the surname Boyett most common?

Wikidata records people named Boyett in the United States.

Is the surname Boyett getting more or less common?

More common. 4,279 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,465 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Boyett

A French surname, carried by 4,465 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boyett is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

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 4,465 people named Boyett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,148 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,279.

#7,465

rank among US surnames

4,465

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,193)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,459	Swaney	4,468	69,102
#7,461	Shockey	4,467	69,117
#7,463	Herren	4,466	69,132
#7,465	Boyett	4,465	69,148
#7,466	Hance	4,464	69,163
#7,467	Lambright	4,463	69,179

Who is named Boyett

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

92% of people named Boyett identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boyetts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Boyett
American actor (1927-2004)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boyett

Boyett has the Soundex code B300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B300.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Boyett come from?: Boyett is French in origin.
How common is the surname Boyett?: 4,465 people in the United States had the surname Boyett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,148 Americans. It ranked 7,465th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boyett?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Boyett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Boyett?: William Boyett, American actor (1927-2004).
Where is the surname Boyett most common?: Wikidata records people named Boyett in the United States.
Is the surname Boyett getting more or less common?: More common. 4,279 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,465 in 2010, up 4.3%.