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    The surname Boykin

    A surname, carried by 17,255 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B250

    Boykin: #2,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Boykin #2,096, 17,255 people Boykin: #2,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boykin #2,096, 17,255 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boykin is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,255 people named Boykin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,893 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,565.

    #2,096
    rank among US surnames
    17,255
    people in 2010
    5.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,008)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,087Burroughs17,33617,810
    #2,088Schuster17,32517,821
    #2,089Bagley17,32417,822
    #2,090Montero17,31417,832
    #2,091Stringer17,30017,847
    #2,092Whitt17,29317,854
    #2,093Eckert17,26917,879

    Who is named Boykin

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

    50% of people named Boykin identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 50%
    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Boykins

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Christopher Boykin
      American entertainer and musician (1972-2017)
    • Frank William Boykin
      American politician (1885-1969)
    • Ruben Boykin
      American basketball player (born 1985)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boykin

    Boykin has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Boykin?
    17,255 people in the United States had the surname Boykin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,893 Americans. It ranked 2,096th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boykin?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Boykin identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Boykin?
    Christopher Boykin, American entertainer and musician (1972-2017), followed by Frank William Boykin.
    Where is the surname Boykin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boykin in the United States.
    Is the surname Boykin getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,255 in 2010, up 4.2%.