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

The surname van Boyd is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of van Boyd reside; 89 percent reside in Northern Europe and 89 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 2,228,722. In England it is most common in: Lancashire, where 68 percent are found and Cumbria, where 32 percent are found. Not including England this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Van-Boyd8811/
van Booy882/
van Boed881/
van Bodd881/
van Bo8649/
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/
van Vhy670/

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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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