How common is the surname Boylan?

6,280 people in the United States had the surname Boylan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,163 Americans. It ranked 5,533rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boylan?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Boylan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Boylan?

Jennifer Finney Boylan, American author, followed by John J. Boylan.

Where is the surname Boylan most common?

Wikidata records people named Boylan in the United States.

Is the surname Boylan getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,306 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,280 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Boylan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 6,280 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boylan is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Baoighealláin (“descendant of Baoigheallán”), a diminutive of Baoigheall, a personal name composed of the elements baoth (“vain, foolish”) + geall (“pledge, token”).

Boylan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,280 people named Boylan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,163 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,306.

#5,533

rank among US surnames

6,280

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,106)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,529	Carrigan	6,290	49,085
#5,530	Kamara	6,288	49,101
#5,531	Hardee	6,283	49,140
#5,533	Boylan	6,280	49,163
#5,534	Linden	6,276	49,195
#5,535	Dee	6,275	49,202

Who is named Boylan

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

93% of people named Boylan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boylans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jennifer Finney Boylan
American author, born 1958
John J. Boylan
American politician (1878–1938)
Eileen April Boylan
American actress, born 1987
Jim Boylan
American basketball player and coach, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boylan

Boylan has the Soundex code B450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B450.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Boylan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Baoighealláin (“descendant of Baoigheallán”), a diminutive of Baoigheall, a personal name composed of the elements baoth (“vain, foolish”) + geall (“pledge, token”).
How common is the surname Boylan?: 6,280 people in the United States had the surname Boylan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,163 Americans. It ranked 5,533rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boylan?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Boylan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Boylan?: Jennifer Finney Boylan, American author, followed by John J. Boylan.
Where is the surname Boylan most common?: Wikidata records people named Boylan in the United States.
What type of surname is Boylan?: Boylan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Boylan getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,306 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,280 in 2010, down 0.4%.