Popularity of the last name by country
Sweden
All countries
- United States (157,245)
- United Kingdom (152,521)
- Ireland (40,842)
- Australia (13,819)
- New Zealand (8,682)
- Canada (7,541)
- France (3,510)
- Unknown country (3,162)
- Belgium (759)
- Germany (537)
- Netherlands (473)
- Panama (414)
- Italy (350)
- India (333)
- Switzerland (285)
- Colombia (225)
- Spain (182)
- Mexico (178)
- China (126)
- Austria (125)
- Greece (110)
- Indonesia (99)
- Argentina (98)
- Jamaica (85)
- South Africa (81)
- Norway (77)
- Denmark (75)
- Egypt (60)
- Gibraltar (58)
- Russian Federation (52)
- Turkey (52)
- Brazil (50)
- Peru (50)
- Sweden (50)
- Lebanon (44)
- Paraguay (40)
- Poland (36)
- Sri Lanka (32)
- Malta (32)
- Cuba (31)
Origine of last name
BOYD : 1: Scottish: habitational name from the island of Bute in the Firth of Clyde from Bòid (genitive case of Bòd the Gaelic name of the island of Bute) or Bòideach denoting a person from Bute. Alternatively the name may denote descendants of a Gilla filius Boed who appears in reference to Glasgow Cathedral in the early 12th century perhaps from the Gaelic personal name Boite of uncertain origin.2: Scottish and Irish: from the Gaelic epithet buidhe ‘yellow(-haired)’. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bowie">Bowie</a>.3: Manx: from Mac Gille Buidhe ‘son of the yellow-haired lad’ (compare 2 above).
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