Explore the Family Name Boyers

The meaning of Boyers

English (Lincolnshire): variant of Bowyer, with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Boyers saw a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the name ranked 23,698 in popularity with a count of 997 individuals carrying the name. By 2010, the ranking dropped slightly to 23,920, but the count increased to 1,055 individuals. This resulted in a minor change of -0.94 in rank and an increase of 5.82 in count. Despite this growth in count, the proportion per 100,000 people decreased by 2.7 percent, indicating the name's overall popularity was relatively stable during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,698	#23,920	-0.94%
Count	997	1,055	5.82%
Proportion per 100k	0.37	0.36	-2.7%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Boyers

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Boyers also underwent changes from 2000 to 2010. According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the percentage of people with Boyers as their surname who identified as White decreased by 2.56 percent. However, there were increases in other ethnic identities: those identifying as Two or more races grew by 42 percent, Hispanic identification increased by 222 percent, and American Indian and Alaskan Native identification emerged at 0.85 percent in 2010 from no recorded percentage in 2000. The percentage of those with the surname Boyers identifying as Black experienced a slight increase of 0.91 percent, while Asian/Pacific Islander identification was registered for the first time in 2010 at 0.47 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.58%	91.18%	-2.56%
Black	4.41%	4.45%	0.91%
Hispanic	0.5%	1.61%	222%
Two or More Races	1%	1.42%	42%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.85%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.47%	0%