Du Boys Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Du Boys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Du Boÿs (5) are calculated separately.
Du Boys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Du Boys Come From? nationality or country of origin
Du Boys occurs most in France. It may also be rendered as a variant: Du Boÿs. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Du Boys? popularity and diffusion
The surname Du Boys is the 2,436,415th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Du Boys is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Du Boys reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 1,088,897. In France it is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 77 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 16 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 3 percent live. Excluding France this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Du Boÿs | 95 | 5 | / |
| Du Bos | 92 | 25 | / |
| Du Bois | 86 | 2,719 | / |
| Du Bose | 86 | 178 | / |
| Du Bosc | 86 | 30 | / |
| Du Buys | 86 | 29 | / |
| Du Bios | 86 | 6 | / |
| Du Boye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Du Boyd | 86 | 0 | / |
| Du Bost | 86 | 0 | / |
| Du Boes | 86 | 0 | / |
| Du By | 83 | 1 | / |
| Du Bo | 83 | 0 | / |
| Du Boise | 80 | 19 | / |
| Du Bosch | 80 | 11 | / |
| Du Boyce | 80 | 7 | / |
| Du Boies | 80 | 0 | / |
| Du Bot | 77 | 18 | / |
| Du Buy | 77 | 14 | / |
| Du Bay | 77 | 13 | / |
| Du Vos | 77 | 12 | / |
| Du Bey | 77 | 8 | / |
| Du Boc | 77 | 2 | / |
| Du Bis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Du Boi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Du Bas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Du Boe | 77 | 0 | / |
| Du Boisse | 75 | 1 | / |
| Du-Bois | 71 | 28 | / |
| Du Bass | 71 | 11 | / |
| Du-Bose | 71 | 4 | / |
| Du Boce | 71 | 4 | / |
| Du Buis | 71 | 3 | / |
| Du Boit | 71 | 2 | / |
| Du Bout | 71 | 1 | / |
| Du Vois | 71 | 1 | / |
| Du Boux | 71 | 0 | / |
| Du Boid | 71 | 0 | / |
| Du Base | 71 | 0 | / |
| Du Vose | 71 | 0 | / |
| Du Be | 67 | 6 | / |
| Du Besse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Du Ba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Du Boice | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Du Boys
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