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    The surname Boyles

    A surname, carried by 11,156 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B420

    Boyles: #3,236 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Boyles #3,236, 11,156 people Boyles: #3,236 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Boyles #3,236, 11,156 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boyles is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,156 people named Boyles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,675 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,869.

    #3,236
    rank among US surnames
    11,156
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #3,059)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,227Keck11,18627,601
    #3,228Houghton11,18427,606
    #3,229Noe11,18227,611
    #3,230Bunn11,18027,616
    #3,231South11,17827,621
    #3,232Kopp11,17527,628
    #3,233Snowden11,17127,638

    Who is named Boyles

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

    88% of people named Boyles identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Boyless

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Collin Murray-Boyles
      American basketball player (born 2005)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Boyles

    Boyles has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Boyles?
    11,156 people in the United States had the surname Boyles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,675 Americans. It ranked 3,236th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Boyles?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Boyles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Boyles?
    Collin Murray-Boyles, American basketball player (born 2005).
    Where is the surname Boyles most common?
    Wikidata records people named Boyles in the United States.
    Is the surname Boyles getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,869 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,156 in 2010, up 2.6%.