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
Average Bovey Salary in
United States
$44,052 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bovey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bovey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bovey (Russian: Бовей, Tibetan: བོ་བི་) occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bovey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 164,117th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 2,756,258 people. The last name 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. Bovey is also the 1,590,275th most widespread first name internationally, held by 41 people.
This last name is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is carried by 712 people, or 1 in 11,535. In Switzerland Bovey is most prevalent in: Canton of Vaud, where 70 percent reside, Canton of Fribourg, where 9 percent reside and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Switzerland this surname occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and England, where 21 percent reside.
Bovey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bovey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 299 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 160 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bovey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bovey last name are 27.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 74.32% being registered to vote for 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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