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    The surname Boyland

    A surname, carried by 1,385 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B453

    Boyland: #19,498 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Boyland #19,498, 1,385 people Boyland: #19,498 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boyland #19,498, 1,385 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boyland is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,385 people named Boyland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,355.

    #19,498
    rank among US surnames
    1,385
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,724)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,489Pulsifer1,386222,760
    #19,498Dubuque1,385222,921

    Who is named Boyland

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

    58% of people named Boyland identified as Black (not Hispanic), 36% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 58%
    • White (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boyland

    Boyland has the Soundex code B453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B453.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Boyland?
    1,385 people in the United States had the surname Boyland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boyland?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Boyland identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 36% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Boyland getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, up 2.2%.