How common is the surname Boyle?

39,921 people in the United States had the surname Boyle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,734 Americans. It ranked 866th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boyle?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Boyle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Boyle?

Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor (1627-1691), followed by Lara Flynn Boyle.

Where is the surname Boyle most common?

Wikidata records people named Boyle in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Boyle getting more or less common?

More common. 39,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 39,921 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Boyle

An Irish surname, carried by 39,921 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boyle is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

* As an Irish surname, Anglicised from Irish Ó Baoithghill, possibly a compound of baoth (“vain, foolish”) and geall (“pledge”). * As a Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Biéville in Normandy, which could be from the Germanic personal name Boia + the common placename suffix -ville.

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 39,921 people named Boyle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,734 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 39,141.

#866

rank among US surnames

39,921

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #802)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#857	Raymond	40,275	7,666
#858	Medrano	40,261	7,669
#859	Hahn	40,250	7,671
#860	McMillan	40,237	7,673
#861	Small	40,212	7,678
#862	Bentley	40,193	7,682
#863	Felix	40,165	7,687

Who is named Boyle

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

94% of people named Boyle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boyles

24 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Boyle
Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor (1627-1691)
Lara Flynn Boyle
American actress (born 1970)
Peter Boyle
American actor (1935–2006)
T. C. Boyle
American novelist and short story writer (born 1948)
Martin Boyle
Australian association footballer (born 1993)
Lisa Boyle
American model, actress and photographer, born 1964
Raelene Boyle
Australian sprinter, born 1951
Brian Boyle
American ice hockey player, born 1984
Brendan F. Boyle
American politician (born 1977)
Robert F. Boyle
Art directors (1909-2010)
Frankie Boyle
British comedian, born 1972
Kay Boyle
American writer, educator, political activist (1902–1992)

Notable Boyles come mostly from the United States (13), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (4) and Australia (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boyle

Boyle has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Boyle come from?: * As an Irish surname, Anglicised from Irish Ó Baoithghill, possibly a compound of baoth (“vain, foolish”) and geall (“pledge”). * As a Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Biéville in Normandy, which could be from the Germanic personal name Boia + the common placename suffix -ville.
How common is the surname Boyle?: 39,921 people in the United States had the surname Boyle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,734 Americans. It ranked 866th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boyle?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Boyle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Boyle?: Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor (1627-1691), followed by Lara Flynn Boyle.
Where is the surname Boyle most common?: Wikidata records people named Boyle in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Boyle getting more or less common?: More common. 39,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 39,921 in 2010, up 2.0%.