The Boas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 892 people carried this name — #27,144 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 872 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Boas surname
From the Biblical personal name Boaz, which is from Hebrew בֹּעַז (Bōʿaz).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boas» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Boas.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Gers.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Boas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tobias Boas 1696–1782 · banker -
Jacob D. Boas 1806–1887 · politician -
Abraham Tobias Boas 1844–1923 · rabbi -
Martin Boas 1698–1738 · master builder
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Bento de Araújo Lopes Vilas Boas 1760–1850
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Henry Boas 1760–1838
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boas.
- Blumenfeld 1,594 · U.S. census
- Blumstein 445 · U.S. census
- Bly 4,823 · U.S. census
- Bo 1,348 · U.S. census
- Boa 213 · U.S. census
- Boada 378 · U.S. census
- Boban 216 · U.S. census
- Bobb 3,552 · U.S. census
- Bobe 735 · U.S. census
- Bobenrieth 123 · U.S. census
- Bober 2,230 · U.S. census
- Bobet 112 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Boas is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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