van Boyd Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

van Boyd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Boyd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:2,228,72284,230
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

van Boyd Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Boyd Come From? nationality or country of origin

van Boyd is found most frequently in England. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Boyd? popularity and diffusion

The last name van Boyd is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of van Boyd reside; 89 percent reside in Northern Europe and 89 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname van Boyd is most numerous in England, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 2,228,722. In England it is mostly found in: Lancashire, where 68 percent reside and Cumbria, where 32 percent reside. Not including England van Boyd occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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van Bodd881/
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van Bos80237/
van Boo8015/
van Bay8014/
van Voy803/
van Boi801/
van Bost75156/
van Both757/
van Buys755/
van Wood751/
van Bays751/
van Byte750/
van Boyette741/
van Bosch711,190/
van Vo71197/
van Bedts7156/
van Boost7119/
van Be7110/
van Ba715/
van Beesd712/
van Bi712/
van Woudt711/
van Vy711/
van Bogget67235/
van Bui67157/
van Ber679/
van Voo673/
van Beh671/
von Boa671/
van Bij671/
van Bie671/
van Bau671/
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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 van Boyd
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