Bovey Surname
Approximately 2,644 people bear this surname
Bovey Surname Definition:
(English) belonging to Bovey (Devon) = prob. Bófa’s Island or Low Riparian Land [Old English íg] For the pers. name v. under Boffey.
Bovey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 712 | 1:11,535 | 1,902 |
| United States | 652 | 1:555,919 | 45,866 |
| England | 551 | 1:101,122 | 10,652 |
| Australia | 204 | 1:132,332 | 14,365 |
| South Africa | 147 | 1:368,556 | 33,364 |
| New Zealand | 126 | 1:35,939 | 6,159 |
| Canada | 101 | 1:364,808 | 32,793 |
| Mexico | 44 | 1:2,821,050 | 22,257 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 344 | 1:70,859 | 7,907 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 218 | 1:230,361 | 19,417 |
Bovey (41) may also be a first name.
Bovey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) belonging to Bovey (Devon) = prob. Bófa’s Island or Low Riparian Land [Old English íg] For the pers. name v. under Boffey.
Two parishes in co. Devon.
Bovey: when not from Bovey in Devon, is from Bouffay in Eure.
The Boveys originally took their name from parishes in the county. Nicholas Bovey was mayor of Barnstaple in 1451 (G.). The mayors of Plymouth in 1466 and 1523 bore this name (W. P.). Edward Bovey, of London, merchant, left a bequest in 1709 for the poor of Staverton (W. A.).
Bovey Demographics
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Bovey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bovey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bovey (Russian: Бовей, Tibetan: བོ་བི་) is found most frequently in Switzerland. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bovey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 164,117th most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,756,258 people. Bovey occurs predominantly in Europe, where 49 percent of Bovey reside; 29 percent reside in North America and 27 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 41 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 712 people, or 1 in 11,535. In Switzerland Bovey is most numerous in: Canton of Vaud, where 70 percent live, Canton of Fribourg, where 9 percent live and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 6 percent live. Excluding Switzerland Bovey occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and England, where 21 percent live.
Bovey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bovey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bovey last name rose 299 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 160 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bovey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bovey surname are 27.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.32% registered with the political party.
The amount Bovey earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.49% less than the national average, earning R 224,580 per year; in United States they earn 2.09% more than the national average, earning $44,052 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.08% more than the national average, earning $50,714 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bovey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bovey in the Tibetan language | ||
| བོ་བི་ | bobi | - |
| Bovey in the Russian language | ||
| Бовей | bovej | - |
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