Boys is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Boys
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning: From French bois, a wood. Hence De Bosco, Dubois, Dubose, Littleboys, Warboys, Worboys, which is thought to be from Verbois, near Rouen.

How popular is Boys?

Boys is common in England.

Boys is ranked 57051 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Boyses plummeted by 3.956344 per cent to 704 since 2000 and slipped by 2471 spots and ranked at 32632. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.46 93.72
Hispanic or Latino 3.41 1.5
Others 0.85 1.09
Black 0.71 3.27
Boys is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Namibia is ahead in terms of density. Around 8169 people have been found who wears Boys as their family name. Boys is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,411 Costa Rica4
16,861 Iran4
46,068 Philippines3
20,541 Peru3
14,054 China3
12,161 Wales2
1,472 The Bahamas2
631 Swaziland2
2,449 Yemen2
18,718 Thailand2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
28,083 Romania2
12,172 Ghana2
35,969 Denmark2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
17,547 Colombia2
2,715 Gabon1
897,276 Russia1
13,606 Senegal1
15,705 Cameroon1
16,228 Bulgaria1
123,175 Tanzania1
7,314 Bolivia1
91,024 Belgium1
10,958 Bangladesh1
174,544 Czech Republic1
10,190 Bahrain1
120,357 Argentina1
7,191 Afghanistan1
50,549 Georgia1
24,176 Qatar1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
21,562 Portugal1
5,924 Paraguay1
47,891 Norway1
7,895 South Korea1
12,270 Lebanon1
3,275 Nepal1
81,201 Switzerland1
6,967 Macedonia1
16,283 Lithuania1
17,575 Kuwait1
14,373 Jordan1
7,292 Vietnam1
6,212 Jamaica1
49,529 Israel1
31,207 Ireland1
37,779 Serbia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,183 Zimbabwe49
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
57,220 Netherlands27
15,050 Singapore18
83,233 Spain16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,007 Chile72
8,082 Scotland59
Countries with hundreds of Boys:
31,730 United States924
3,382 Australia912
6,001 Pakistan880
9,594 Morocco537
10,157 Kenya471
15,361 South Africa402
40,920 Brazil270
37,768 Indonesia262
38,971 France257
15,127 Canada247
3,289 New Zealand232
17,404 Mexico209
107,310 India193
10,151 Malaysia177
27,627 Turkey175
2,148 Namibia163
48,322 Italy157
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
9,538 Venezuela151
Countries with thousands of Boys:
6,714 England1,038
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Anne Boys was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 9, 1850. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took John R. Skiddy from Liverpool. Elizh. Boys, aged 25, Blacksmith John Boys, Workman William Boys, William Boys, aged 38, are others that migrated to US.

Boys Namesakes

  • Post Industrial Boys, Band
  • Arizona Boys, Actor
  • Arzu Boysal, Mathematician
  • Aydın Boysan, Architect
  • Beverly Boys, Olympic athlete
  • Beverly Boys, Olympic athlete
  • Adam Boys, Actor
  • Callan Boys, Actor
  • Haldun Boysan, Actor
  • Trevor Boys, Race car driver
  • In 1968, Karate Boys portrayed the role of N in action, adventure movie Chaku-Judo Aikido.
  • Tokyo Cuban Boys played the pivotal role of N in 1950 0 movie Kimi to yuku America kôro.

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