Boyce Name Meaning: From old french 'bois' meaning wood. A patronymic form of the middle english nickname 'boy','lad'.
This name could be locational for someone who lived near a wood. The informal language used in this context may indicate the 'boy' were a servant.
Discover how your Boyce ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 27 |
Buckinghamshire | 27 |
Berkshire | 60 |
Cambridgeshire | 99 |
Channel Islands | 13 |
Cheshire | 35 |
Cornwall | 13 |
Cumberland | 3 |
Derbyshire | 54 |
Devon | 103 |
Dorset | 8 |
Durham | 89 |
Essex | 307 |
Gloucestershire | 206 |
Hampshire | 384 |
Herefordshire | 1 |
Hertfordshire | 23 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 13 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 143 |
Lancashire | 230 |
Leicestershire | 15 |
Lincolnshire | 72 |
London | 1,012 |
Middlesex | 211 |
Northumberland | 32 |
Norfolk | 268 |
Northamptonshire | 47 |
Nottinghamshire | 67 |
Oxfordshire | 42 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 13 |
Shropshire | 4 |
Suffolk | 182 |
Somerset | 151 |
Surrey | 274 |
Sussex | 81 |
Staffordshire | 55 |
Warwickshire | 163 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 33 |
Worcestershire | 105 |
Yorkshire | 264 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 13 |
Carnarvonshire | 6 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 1 |
Flintshire | 6 |
Glamorgan | 131 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 67 |
Pembrokeshire | 6 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 490 |
General Labourer | 55 |
None | 38 |
Dressmaker | 36 |
General Servant (domestic) | 35 |
Private Means | 35 |
Farm Labourer | 34 |
Labourer | 31 |
Domestic Servant | 28 |
Clerk | 25 |
At School | 21 |
Bricklayer | 20 |
Scholar | 20 |
Charwoman | 19 |
No Occupation | 18 |
Dress Maker | 17 |
Farmer | 17 |
At Home | 16 |
Nil | 15 |
Shop Assistant | 14 |
Laundress | 14 |
Carpenter | 13 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 13 |
Labourer General | 13 |
Horseman On Farm | 12 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Boyce | 1,742 |
Mary Boyce | 1,429 |
John Boyce | 1,164 |
George Boyce | 981 |
Elizabeth Boyce | 953 |
James Boyce | 865 |
Sarah Boyce | 786 |
Thomas Boyce | 762 |
Charles Boyce | 600 |
Henry Boyce | 568 |
Ann Boyce | 485 |
Ellen Boyce | 393 |
Eliza Boyce | 381 |
Alice Boyce | 373 |
Jane Boyce | 373 |
Joseph Boyce | 359 |
Emma Boyce | 347 |
Frederick Boyce | 345 |
Annie Boyce | 335 |
Robert Boyce | 332 |
Arthur Boyce | 322 |
Emily Boyce | 320 |
Edward Boyce | 299 |
Alfred Boyce | 260 |
Albert Boyce | 245 |