How common is the surname Boynton?

6,983 people in the United States had the surname Boynton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,214 Americans. It ranked 5,024th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Boynton?

Lucy Boynton, British actress, followed by James S. Boynton.

Where is the surname Boynton most common?

Wikidata records people named Boynton in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Boynton getting more or less common?

More common. 6,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,983 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Boynton

An English place surname, carried by 6,983 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boynton is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name Bōfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement; town”).

Boynton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,983 people named Boynton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,214 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,816.

#5,024

rank among US surnames

6,983

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,757)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,015	Ostrowski	7,005	44,075
#5,016	Bozeman	7,004	44,081
#5,017	Bernardo	7,003	44,088
#5,018	Berkowitz	7,000	44,107
#5,020	Arango	6,998	44,119
#5,021	Delafuente	6,996	44,132
#5,022	Merkel	6,991	44,163

Who is named Boynton

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

82% of people named Boynton identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boyntons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lucy Boynton
British actress, born 1994
James S. Boynton
American politician (1833-1902)
Kenny Boynton
American basketball player (born 1991)

Notable Boyntons come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boynton

Boynton has the Soundex code B535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B535.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Boynton come from?: From the Old English personal name Bōfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement; town”).
How common is the surname Boynton?: 6,983 people in the United States had the surname Boynton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,214 Americans. It ranked 5,024th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boynton?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Boynton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Boynton?: Lucy Boynton, British actress, followed by James S. Boynton.
Where is the surname Boynton most common?: Wikidata records people named Boynton in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Boynton?: Boynton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Boynton getting more or less common?: More common. 6,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,983 in 2010, up 2.5%.