Explore the Family Name Boiko

The meaning of Boiko

1. Americanized form of Polish, Czech or Slovak Bojko and a variant transliteration of Ukrainian and Rusyn Boyko. 2. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname from Russian boykiy ‘bold, daring’. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Mayer. Russian Anatoli, Anatoly, Nikolai.

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How common is the last name Boiko in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Boiko has seen an increase in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Boiko ranked 70,906th in terms of popularity but jumped to 67,747th by 2010, indicating a growth rate of 4.46%. The number of people bearing this surname also increased from 257 in 2000 to 291 in 2010, marking a significant 13.23% rise. However, despite this increase in numbers, the proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 remained consistent at 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#70,906	#67,747	4.46%
Count	257	291	13.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Boiko

As far as ethnicity is concerned, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Boiko have identified as white in both 2000 and 2010. In 2000, 95.72% of people with this surname identified as white, which slightly diminished to 95.19% in 2010. A small percentage (2.33% in 2000 and 2.06% in 2010) identified with two or more ethnicities. While there were no reported cases of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities, there was a new appearance of a Hispanic identity which accounted for 2.06% of the Boikos in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.72%	95.19%	-0.55%
Two or More Races	2.33%	2.06%	-11.59%
Hispanic	0%	2.06%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%