The Boise surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 810 people carried this name — #29,231 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is down 12% from 920 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Boise surname
An English habitational surname from Old French, a variant of Boyce.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boise» (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 55 people named Boise.
Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Yonne.
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 Boise,
with a public archive behind them.
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Reuben P. Boise 1819–1907 · judge -
Enos Watson Boise 1840–1921 · politician -
Craig M. Boise 1963– · law professor -
Joseph S. Boise 1824– · politician
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Otis Bardwell Boise 1844–1912 · composer
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Esther Boise Van Deman 1862–1937 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boise.
- Boillat 147 · U.S. census
- Boillot 123 · U.S. census
- Boily 169 · U.S. census
- Boin 144 · U.S. census
- Boire 372 · U.S. census
- Bois 802 · U.S. census
- Boisse 303 · U.S. census
- Boisseau 916 · U.S. census
- Boissiere 197 · U.S. census
- Boisson 155 · U.S. census
- Boissy 191 · U.S. census
- Boisvert 4,821 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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