Boags Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Boags Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boags Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:5,105,055259,233
England201:2,785,90397,972
Scotland91:594,86921,724
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Boags Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Boags Come From? nationality or country of origin

Boags is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Boags? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,746,159th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Boags reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Boags is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 5,105,055. In The United States Boags is most numerous in: South Carolina, where 41 percent live, North Carolina, where 25 percent live and California, where 14 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent live and Scotland, where 8 percent live.

Boags Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Boags has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Boags surname expanded 546 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Boags Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Boags last name are 38.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 91.67% being registered to vote for the party.

Boags earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.76% less than the national average, earning $34,622 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boaggs910/
Boag894,151/
Boaks8078/
Bohag8040/
Bhoag802/
Boagg802/
Boask801/
Boacs801/
Bouag801/
Bohacs7387/
Boaske733/
Boague733/
Buiags731/
Bojjag731/
Boahag731/
Boaugh731/
Boak672,295/
Boac67992/
Voag6779/
Boax6750/
Baog6735/
Bhoijag676/
Bouague672/
Boasque672/
Hboague671/
Boaikes670/

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Boags Reference & Research

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Boags
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis