The Boin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 144 people carried this name — #120,187 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 146 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,128 people named Boin.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 30 people named Boin live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Boin live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Boin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Victor Boin 1886–1974 · journalist -
Pierre Boin 1755–1825 · printer
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Antoine Boin 1769–1852 · politician
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Maurice Boin 1889–1941 · trade unionist
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Raymond Boin 1908–1987 · politician
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Bruno Boin 1930– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boin.
- Boi 177 · U.S. census
- Boilard 356 · U.S. census
- Boileau 878 · U.S. census
- Boillat 147 · U.S. census
- Boillot 123 · U.S. census
- Boily 169 · U.S. census
- Boire 372 · U.S. census
- Bois 802 · U.S. census
- Boise 810 · U.S. census
- Boisse 303 · U.S. census
- Boisseau 916 · U.S. census
- Boissiere 197 · U.S. census
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