Boam Surname
Approximately 1,328 people bear this surname
Boam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 764 | 1:72,929 | 8,333 |
| United States | 328 | 1:1,105,058 | 79,932 |
| Canada | 54 | 1:682,326 | 55,162 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Liberia | 22 | 1:200,388 | 13,260 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:171,918 | 11,581 |
| Northern Ireland | 12 | 1:153,753 | 8,250 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 1:490,251 | 25,911 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 378 | 1:64,485 | 7,427 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 81 | 1:619,984 | 41,330 |
Boam (72) may also be a first name.
Boam Demographics
Boam Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Boam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boam (Arabic: بويم) is found most in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 288,746th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,487,610 people. The surname Boam is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Boam are found; 61 percent are found in Northern Europe and 61 percent are found in British Isles. Boam is also the 1,143,416th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 72 people.
The last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 764 people, or 1 in 72,929. In England it is most common in: Derbyshire, where 48 percent are found, Nottinghamshire, where 11 percent are found and Staffordshire, where 6 percent are found. Barring England this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
Boam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Boam has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 202 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 405 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Boam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Boam are 28.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75.68% registered with the party.
The amount Boam earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.76% less than the national average, earning $42,389 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.27% less than the national average, earning $49,548 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boam in the Arabic language | ||
| بويم | bwym | - |
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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 Boam
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