Bovie Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Bovie Surname Definition:
(French.) Local. A corruption of Beauvais, a town in France, whence the surname originated, and which signifies the sightly or beautiful place. The family settled in Holland from France.
Bovie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 309 | 1:1,173,006 | 83,866 |
| Belgium | 45 | 1:255,481 | 31,256 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 10 | 1:3,433 | 348 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 121 | 1:415,030 | 30,604 |
Bovie (143) may also be a first name.
Bovie Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French.) Local. A corruption of Beauvais, a town in France, whence the surname originated, and which signifies the sightly or beautiful place. The family settled in Holland from France.
Bovie Demographics
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Bovie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bovie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bovie occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bovie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bovie? popularity and diffusion
Bovie is the 651,048th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Bovie are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 772,378th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 143 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 309 people, or 1 in 1,173,006. In The United States Bovie is most numerous in: Louisiana, where 19 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.
Bovie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bovie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bovie last name rose 255 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bovie Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bovie surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.
The amount Bovie earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.29% more than the national average, earning $44,139 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.47% more than the national average, earning $55,380 CAD per year.
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