How common is the surname Boysen?

2,043 people in the United States had the surname Boysen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,124 Americans. It ranked 14,579th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boysen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Boysen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Boysen?

Audun Boysen, athletics competitor (1929–2000), followed by Lia Boysen.

Where is the surname Boysen most common?

Wikidata records people named Boysen in Norway and Sweden.

Is the surname Boysen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,989 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,043 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Boysen

A surname, carried by 2,043 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Boysen is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,043 people named Boysen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,124 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,989.

#14,579

rank among US surnames

2,043

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,570	Amy	2,045	150,976
#14,571	Varughese	2,044	151,050
#14,579	Boysen	2,043	151,124
#14,585	Strine	2,042	151,198
#14,587	Emrich	2,041	151,272

Who is named Boysen

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

95% of people named Boysen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Boysens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Audun Boysen
Athletics competitor (1929–2000)
Lia Boysen
Actress, born 1966

Notable Boysens come mostly from Norway (1) and Sweden (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boysen

Boysen has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.

Questions

How common is the surname Boysen?: 2,043 people in the United States had the surname Boysen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,124 Americans. It ranked 14,579th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boysen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Boysen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Boysen?: Audun Boysen, athletics competitor (1929–2000), followed by Lia Boysen.
Where is the surname Boysen most common?: Wikidata records people named Boysen in Norway and Sweden.
Is the surname Boysen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,989 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,043 in 2010, up 2.7%.