Boan Surname
Approximately 3,675 people bear this surname
Boan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,892 | 1:191,574 | 18,963 |
| Indonesia | 502 | 1:263,445 | 23,866 |
| Spain | 219 | 1:213,480 | 14,387 |
| Argentina | 207 | 1:206,490 | 17,041 |
| Liberia | 180 | 1:24,492 | 2,407 |
| Ivory Coast | 140 | 1:164,795 | 7,505 |
| Australia | 117 | 1:230,732 | 21,761 |
| Canada | 92 | 1:400,496 | 35,373 |
| Cuba | 72 | 1:160,038 | 3,769 |
| France | 56 | 1:1,186,120 | 124,657 |
| Philippines | 45 | 1:2,249,738 | 125,194 |
| Scotland | 29 | 1:184,614 | 10,113 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 47 | 1:518,625 | 27,981 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:197,011 | 7,414 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 277 | 1:181,295 | 16,134 |
The alternate forms: Boán (4) are calculated separately.
Boan (5,793) may also be a first name.
Boan Demographics
Average Male Boan Height
174.67 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Boan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boan (Arabic: بووان, Marathi: बोन) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Boán. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 124,100th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,983,006 people. The last name Boan is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Boan are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 48 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 87,659th most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 5,793 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,892 people, or 1 in 191,574. In The United States it is most common in: South Carolina, where 22 percent are found, North Carolina, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent are found and Spain, where 6 percent are found.
Boan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Boan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Boan last name rose 683 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 153 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it contracted 47 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Boan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Boan surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Boan surname are 20.06% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.83% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Boan earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.8% less than the national average, earning $42,804 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.83% less than the national average, earning $48,277 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boan in the Marathi language | ||
| बोन | bona | 66.67 |
| बोअन | bo'ana | 33.33 |
| Boan in the Arabic language | ||
| بووان | bwwan | - |
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Boan Reference & Research
Bowen DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Bowen FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Boan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis