Boers Surname
Approximately 8,210 people bear this surname
Boers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 5,833 | 1:2,895 | 225 |
| United States | 837 | 1:433,045 | 37,325 |
| Germany | 526 | 1:153,052 | 18,330 |
| Canada | 254 | 1:145,061 | 14,859 |
| Belgium | 221 | 1:52,021 | 8,506 |
| Australia | 167 | 1:161,651 | 16,786 |
| South Africa | 153 | 1:354,103 | 32,399 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Thailand | 29 | 1:2,435,805 | 267,220 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 77 | 1:652,191 | 42,935 |
Boers (34) may also be a first name.
Boers Demographics
Average Male Boers Height
176.17 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Boers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boers occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boers? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 61,248th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 887,643 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Boers reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 34 people.
The last name Boers is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 5,833 people, or 1 in 2,895. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 28 percent are found, Overijssel, where 16 percent are found and Gelderland, where 11 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands Boers occurs in 47 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.
Boers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Boers has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,087 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 783 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Boers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Boers surname are 17.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.22% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Boers earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 35.18% more than the national average, earning R 321,228 per year; in United States they earn 15.84% more than the national average, earning $49,985 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.7% more than the national average, earning $54,500 CAD per year.
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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 Boers
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