Boive Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Boive Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Boive Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boive Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boive is found most frequently in Sweden. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boive? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Boive are found; 96 percent are found in Northern Europe and 96 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Boive is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 364,695. In Sweden Boive is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 67 percent live, Gävleborg County, where 11 percent live and Skåne County, where 7 percent live. Aside from Sweden this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live.
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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 Boive
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