Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname O'Boyle

    A surname, carried by 3,281 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O140

    O'Boyle: #9,859 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer O'Boyle #9,859, 3,281 people O'Boyle: #9,859 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez O'Boyle #9,859, 3,281 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). O'Boyle is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,281 people named O'Boyle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,101 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,263.

    #9,859
    rank among US surnames
    3,281
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #9,192)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,850Bittle3,28494,015
    #9,853Morello3,28394,044
    #9,854Velazco3,28294,072
    #9,859O'Boyle3,28194,101
    #9,861Decosta3,28094,130
    #9,865Reneau3,27994,158

    Who is named O'Boyle

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

    97% of people named O'Boyle identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname O'Boyle?
    3,281 people in the United States had the surname O'Boyle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,101 Americans. It ranked 9,859th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname O'Boyle?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named O'Boyle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname O'Boyle getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,281 in 2010, up 0.6%.