Boughy Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Boughy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 24 | 1:1,015,640 | 40,589 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Boughy Demographics
Boughy Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Boughy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boughy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boughy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻰ) is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boughy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boughy is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Boughy are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 80 percent are found in British Isles.
This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England Boughy is most prevalent in: Cheshire, where 33 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 33 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 33 percent live. Other than England this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 20 percent live and Wales, where 20 percent live.
Boughy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Boughy has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Boughy surname decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Boughy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Boughy surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boughy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boughy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻰ | bwky | 66.67 |
| ﺑﻘﻲ | bqy | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Boughy
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