The Bovay surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 158 people carried this name — #111,426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 146 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
466 people named Bovay live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Bovay.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.
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 Bovay,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alvan E. Bovay 1818–1903 · lawyer -
Jacky Bovay 1933–1984 · sport cyclist -
Harry E. Bovay 1914–2011 · engineer
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Claude Bovay 1953– · theologian
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Steve Bovay 1984– · sport cyclist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bovay.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bovay is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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