de Booy Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Booy Surname User-submission:

A surname of Dutch origin. The literal translation to English means 'the boy'.

de Booy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1521:111,10017,774
Australia451:599,90442,958
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

de Booy Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A surname of Dutch origin. The literal translation to English means 'the boy'.

- jd_1970_libran
DNA test information

de Booy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Booy Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Booy is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of de Booy.

How Common Is The Last Name de Booy? popularity and diffusion

The last name de Booy is the 1,148,257th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 74 percent of de Booy reside; 73 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Booy is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 111,100. In The Netherlands de Booy is most frequent in: Zeeland, where 34 percent live, South Holland, where 25 percent live and North Holland, where 24 percent live. Not including The Netherlands it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

de Booy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Booy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the de Booy last name fell 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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de Boy928/
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de Bood8675/
de Boot8632/
de Booz8610/
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de Bo83142/
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De Boyed8069/
de Boeye8011/
de Vooys808/
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de Booth800/
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de Voy7746/
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de Bay7726/
de Boi7726/
de Woo7710/
de Bio773/
de Buy772/
da Boy771/
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de Booijs756/
de Boyett755/
de Bodt71751/
de Bois71469/
de Buys71395/
de Beys71354/
de Both71256/
de Woot7195/
de Baay7184/
de Boit7168/
de Voos7140/
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de Voys7122/
de Boij7110/
de Bayo717/
de Boie715/
de Boss714/
de Wood714/
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De-Boos712/
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De-Boey711/
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de Botz711/
de Bosz711/
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de Buyst67358/
de Bayas6755/
de Boeij6733/
de Bosch6732/
des Bois6716/
de Vo6710/
da Bo675/
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de Boudt672/
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de Botts670/
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