Boley is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Boley
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn in Franche-Comté, the name can also be written Bolet, Bollet, Bolley. It should be a variant of Bouley, name designating a birch wood. Alternatively diminutive named person of Germanic origin Bolo (buolo = friend, brother).

How popular is Boley?

Boley is common in United States.

Boley is ranked 70190 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Boley bearers increased by 3.077877 per cent in 2010 US census to 4990 since 2000, the surname slipped by 285 spots and ranked at 6755. The last name was found in around 17 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.74 91.82
Black 6.01 5.14
Hispanic or Latino 1.58 1.32
Others 1.3 0.93
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.72 0.45
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.33
Boley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Åland is ahead in terms of density. Around 6409 people have been found who wears Boley as their family name. Boley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
26,325 Mauritania5
941 Liberia3
9,185 Hong Kong2
50,640 Switzerland2
23,434 Burkina Faso1
37,779 Serbia1
123,175 Tanzania1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
30,360 Thailand1
492,292 Ukraine1
36,678 Singapore1
408 Åland1
169,904 Brazil1
15,705 Cameroon1
31,207 Ireland1
153,416 Italy1
29,046 Japan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,851 Netherlands44
338,264 India29
75,259 Australia22
442,509 Russia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
37,909 Canada85
Countries with hundreds of Boley:
20,699 Germany504
31,938 England140
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Boley:
7,065 United States5,413
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman James Boley from Ireland aboard the St. Lawrence from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in USA on May 6, 1849.

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 boley is one of the region's name, derived named person of Germanic origin meaning friend bowl can also be a derivative of the old french boleruse, deception, designating a deceitful man.

Boley Namesakes

  • Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford's wife
  • Amelie Boleyn, Politician
  • Amelie Boleyn, Politician
  • Anne Boleyn, Marquess of Pembroke
  • Anne Boleyn, Marquess of Pembroke
  • Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, Diplomat
  • George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, Anne Boleyn's brother
  • Anne Boleyn, Marquess of Pembroke
  • Cecily Boleyn, Geoffrey Boleyn's daughter
  • Anne Boleyn, Marquess of Pembroke

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