The Boye surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,008 people carried this name — #24,736 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 10% from 916 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,166 people named Boye.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Tarn-et-Garonne.
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 171 people named Boye 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
31 people named Boye live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Boye 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 East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
428 people named Boye are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Boye in American newspapers,
1874–1939.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 45,088 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Boye,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frederik Boye 1715–1759 · Lutheran pastor -
Birgitte Cathrine Boye 1742–1824 · hymnwriter -
Engelbreth Boye 1754–1839 -
Johannes Boye 1756–1830 · author -
Mathias Andreas Boye 1796–1872 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 62 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boye.
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