The Bovy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 170 people carried this name — #105,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 10% from 154 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 994 people named Bovy live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
185 people named Bovy live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 104 people named Bovy.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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 Bovy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoine Bovy 1795–1877 · engraver -
Antoine Bovy 1795–1877 · engraver
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Antoine Bovy 1795–1877 · engraver
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Charles Samuel Bovy-Lysberg 1821–1873 · composer -
Auguste Baud-Bovy 1848–1899 · painter -
Jeanne Caroline Louise Bovy 1809–1877 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bovy.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bovy is.
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