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) occurs most in England. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boughy? popularity and diffusion
Boughy is the 8,193,072nd most widespread family name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Boughy is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Boughy reside; 80 percent reside in Northern Europe and 80 percent reside in British Isles.
The last name Boughy is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England it is most numerous in: Cheshire, where 33 percent reside, Greater Manchester, where 33 percent reside and West Yorkshire, where 33 percent reside. Besides England it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 20 percent reside and Wales, where 20 percent reside.
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 surname is primarily 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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