Bhoy

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Bhoy is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 19M(measured from records)
  • GHGhana≈1 in 554K
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 1.4M

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.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈170 people, est.

Sources
35 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 554K (inferred from the name graph)

Ghana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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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)

Bhoy 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.

Where Bhoy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈170 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Bhoy8
IN India701 in 19M70Bhoy35
PH Philippines≈66 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Bhoy10
GH Ghana≈53 est.≈1 in 554K—Bhoy4
GB United Kingdom≈28 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Bhoy11
ZA South Africa≈6 est.≈1 in 8.9M—Bhoy3

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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bhoy is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Philippines, India

    Also written Bhöy

  • Bangla surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, United States, Pakistan

    Also written ভয়, ভঁয়ঁ

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bhoy is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Eye dialect spelling of boy.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Bhoy
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—70#35,861
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—7#1,406
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—4#31,618

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Bhoy have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 167 people named Bhoy in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bhoy.
How common is the name Bhoy?
In India, the national register counted 70 people named Bhoy, about 1 in 19 million residents.

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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, “Bhoy”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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