The Boyer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 49,601 people carried this name — #622 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,440 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 23,353 people named Boyer.
410 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 106 départements, most often La Réunion.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
240 people named Boyer live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 43 people named Boyer 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 print
Boyer in American newspapers,
1892–1942.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,470,353 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Boyer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Abel Boyer 1667–1729 · historian -
Jean-Baptiste Boyer de Paradis 1693–1768 · physician -
Alexandre Jean-Baptiste de Boyer 1708–1783 · jurist -
Alexis Boyer 1757–1833 · physician -
Henri Jacques Jean Boyer 1767–1828 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 173 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boyer.
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