How common is the surname Boyette?

5,032 people in the United States had the surname Boyette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,356 Americans. It ranked 6,711th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Boyette?

Imani Boyette, American basketball player (born 1994).

Where is the surname Boyette most common?

Wikidata records people named Boyette in the United States.

Is the surname Boyette getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,032 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Boyette

A French surname, carried by 5,032 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). Boyette is more common than 95.9% 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 5,032 people named Boyette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,356 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,082.

#6,711

rank among US surnames

5,032

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #6,198)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,708	Ussery	5,036	61,308
#6,709	Daggett	5,035	61,320
#6,710	Frisch	5,033	61,344
#6,711	Boyette	5,032	61,356
#6,713	Forde	5,031	61,369
#6,714	Briceno	5,030	61,381

Who is named Boyette

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

88% of people named Boyette identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boyettes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Imani Boyette
American basketball player (born 1994)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boyette

Boyette 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 Boyette come from?: Boyette is French in origin.
How common is the surname Boyette?: 5,032 people in the United States had the surname Boyette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,356 Americans. It ranked 6,711th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boyette?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Boyette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Boyette?: Imani Boyette, American basketball player (born 1994).
Where is the surname Boyette most common?: Wikidata records people named Boyette in the United States.
Is the surname Boyette getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,032 in 2010, down 1.0%.