Boey
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Boey is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 3Kas Boy(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 3.6Kas Boy
- NLNetherlands1 in 6.8Kas Boy
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Boey itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 286 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)
18,094 named Boy, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Saudi Arabia, est., as Boy
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Boy in US United States, PH Philippines, ZA South Africa and 3 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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Boey 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 18,094as Boy | 1 in 18K | 153K | Boy | 286 |
| ZA South Africa | #593 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Boy | 34 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #532 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Boy | 25 |
| VN Vietnam | #554 | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 11K | listed | Boy | 47 |
| PH Philippines | #221 | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 15K | 17K | Boy | 85 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | — | Boey | 57 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 2,549as Boy | 1 in 6.8K | 2.5K | Boy | 77 |
18,094 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Cornelis Boeyb. 1611NLDutch lawyer, poet, advocate fiscal and attorney general of Holland (1611-1665)
- Ferdinand Boeyb. 1921BEBelgian politician
- Jozef Boeyb. 1934BEBelgian chess player (1934–2016)
- Sacha Boeyb. 2000FRFrench footballer (born 2000)
- Arien Boeychild actor
- Stephanie BoeyGBBritish illustrator
- Freddy BoeySGacademic administrator
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 200 | #97,359 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 195 | #93,921 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 176 | #96,033 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 10 | #63,377 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 8 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Boey have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 18 thousand people named Boy, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Boey?
- In the United States, the national register counted 18,094 people named Boy in 2020, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
- How common is Boey compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Boey is the 221st most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Boey?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/boeyThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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, “Boey” — the 221st most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.