Boyer is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Boyer
No. of characters: 5
Origin: France
Meaning: The name refers to a cowherd. It is widespread throughout the Occitan area, Haute-Loire to Provence and the Southwest. A name given to Grandee among the Muscovites.

How popular is Boyer?

Boyer is common in France.

Boyer is ranked 4205 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Boyer bearers increased by 2.300357 per cent in 2010 US census to 50742 since 2000, the surname slipped by 54 spots and ranked at 676. The last name was found in around 172 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.78 90.58
Black 5.45 4.93
Hispanic or Latino 2.68 1.95
Others 1.86 1.4
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61 0.61
Boyer is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while New Caledonia is ahead in terms of density. Around 129889 people have been found who wears Boyer as their family name. Boyer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
83,411 Czech Republic8
527,030 Indonesia7
2,604 Benin5
812 Monaco5
671 Mali4
381,097 Ukraine4
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
32,695 Nigeria3
89,020 Tanzania2
57 Wallis and Futuna2
2,705 Togo2
3,014 Taiwan2
4,164 Vietnam2
5,318 Iraq2
4,781 Malawi2
3,791 Namibia2
10,183 Jordan2
6,353 Panama2
31,767 Greece2
4,367 Afghanistan2
13,552 Qatar2
1,328 Congo2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
4,086 Angola2
4,104 South Korea2
20,172 Hungary1
2,715 Gabon1
25,746 Finland1
29,595 Iran1
2,374 Bermuda1
25,721 Egypt1
12,741 Ecuador1
746 Dominica1
2,877 Cuba1
2,613 The Bahamas1
10,190 Bahrain1
846 American Samoa1
3,350 Fiji1
28,365 Kenya1
3,275 Nepal1
591 Samoa1
11,831 Tajikistan1
1,005 The Gambia1
14,644 Tunisia1
5,924 Paraguay1
13,447 Uganda1
3,214 Niger1
7,790 Zambia1
24,460 Armenia1
2,935 Madagascar1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
12,270 Lebanon1
17,575 Kuwait1
50,549 Georgia1
3,243 Suriname1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,077 Senegal48
7,279 Wales45
6,873 Ireland44
171 Northern Mariana Islands43
18,843 Chile36
4,162 Trinidad and Tobago29
3,338 Thailand27
2,754 Costa Rica26
23,443 Norway26
1,865 China24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,922 Mauritius91
6,180 Scotland85
19,740 Romania84
12,775 Israel82
503 French Polynesia79
8,034 Denmark74
12,039 Colombia70
149,112 Russia68
801 Luxembourg66
4,855 Singapore65
14,205 Sweden65
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Boyer:
5,969 Mexico968
6,064 Spain698
8,541 Morocco604
1,742 Switzerland594
10,751 Argentina508
1,461 Dominican Republic505
30,822 Philippines387
18,911 Turkey314
39,161 Brazil286
32,422 Italy280
4,544 Austria262
3,258 New Zealand234
29 New Caledonia207
32,575 South Africa164
861 Guyana160
11,679 Belgium156
17,680 Netherlands155
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
11,447 Malaysia152
1,938 Puerto Rico122
146,997 India117
Countries with thousands of Boyer:
522 Canada8,662
362 Haiti4,076
1,160 Venezuela2,609
6,211 Germany1,513
5,147 England1,425
2,990 Peru1,097
2,874 Australia1,077
2,347 Ivory Coast1,023
Countries with ten thousands of Boyer:
641 United States56,326
50 France43,681
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Boyer worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 19 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Robert Parks and arrived on May 25, 1846. Margaret Boyer, aged 17, Workwoman Honora Boyer, Immigrant John Boyer, Workman James Boyer, John Boyer (13) Workman, 17 years old Hannah Boyer, John Boyer, aged 23, Mrs Boyer, aged 27, and 8 other Boyer around 75% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Comments

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Lynna Swearengin
 Boyer is a last name of the region from the south and the center, represents a form of cowherd nickname profession designating one who leads, keeps the horse.

Boyer Namesakes

  • Abel Boyer, Journalist
  • Arthur Boyer, Canadian Politician
  • Claude Boyer, Playwright
  • Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède, Politician
  • Angelique Boyer, Actress
  • Angelique Boyer, Actress
  • Angelique Boyer, Actress
  • Anise Boyer, Dancer
  • Katy Boyer, Actress
  • Angelique Boyer, Actress
  • In 2016 drama, romance film, Arc, Kia Nicole Boyer characterized Nicole.
  • In 2016 comedy flick, Desperate Morons, Steve Boyer portrayed Henry.
  • Karynn Boyer characterized leading role of Susanna or Reaper in 2015 horror movie Reaper's Revenge.
  • Andreea Boyer, from 2017 drama movie Julia 17 -, who played Julia.
  • In 0, Anita Boyer characterized the role of Lizzy Chamber in drama flick One Day Here.
  • In 2010 comedy flick, The Big Idea, Nathan Boyer portrayed Mitch Faygan.

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