Bòóy
surname · Latin script
Bòóy is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Wilts, Gloucs, and Oxon.
- NLNetherlands1 in 115K(measured from records)
- MAMorocco≈1 in 120Kfew records
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 120Kfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 101 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 33K (inferred from the name graph)
≈660 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Lesotho, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Booy in NL Netherlands, ID Indonesia, MA Morocco and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Main GB Location (1881): Wilts, Gloucs, and Oxon. probably a variant of Boy , strongly associated with Luckington, about 10 miles from Chippenham, at first; compare John Boy, 1616 in IGI (Chippenham, Wilts).
Cited for this meaning 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where the surname Bòóy is found
(measured from records)Bòóy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 430K | — | BoOy | 31 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 116K | — | BoOy | 5 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 125K | — | BoOy | 5 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 183K | — | BoOy | 5 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 408K | — | BoOy | 11 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 150 | 1 in 115K | 150 | BoOy | 35 |
| LS Lesotho | #518 | ≈71 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | BoOy | 1 |
| OM Oman | — | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 108K | — | BoOy | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bòóy mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Wilts, Gloucs, and Oxon. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Bòóy?
- Mondonomo estimates about 660 people named Bòóy in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled BoOy. After it come Algeria, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and South Africa; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Bòóy?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 150 people named Bòóy in 2007, about 1 in 115 thousand residents.
- How common is Bòóy compared with other names?
- In Lesotho, Bòóy is the 518th most common surname of 5,753 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
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These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bòóy” — the 518th most common surname in Lesotho. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.