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 | 22 |
Buckinghamshire | 6 |
Berkshire | 63 |
Cambridgeshire | 104 |
Channel Islands | 8 |
Cheshire | 10 |
Cornwall | 3 |
Cumberland | 9 |
Derbyshire | 15 |
Devon | 101 |
Dorset | 3 |
Durham | 59 |
Essex | 46 |
Gloucestershire | 121 |
Hampshire | 288 |
Herefordshire | 2 |
Hertfordshire | 13 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 9 |
Isle of Man | 4 |
Kent | 153 |
Lancashire | 173 |
Leicestershire | 13 |
Lincolnshire | 70 |
London | 937 |
Middlesex | 64 |
Northumberland | 17 |
Norfolk | 285 |
Northamptonshire | 42 |
Nottinghamshire | 36 |
Oxfordshire | 36 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 9 |
Shropshire | 2 |
Suffolk | 177 |
Somerset | 195 |
Surrey | 101 |
Sussex | 46 |
Staffordshire | 60 |
Warwickshire | 150 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 23 |
Worcestershire | 46 |
Yorkshire | 185 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 5 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 1 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 28 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 28 |
Pembrokeshire | 2 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 743 |
Agricultural Labourer | 89 |
General Labourer | 46 |
Labourer | 45 |
Dress Maker | 42 |
Domestic Servant | 33 |
General Servant | 33 |
Laundress | 27 |
Carpenter | 23 |
Bricklayer | 20 |
Annuitant | 19 |
Coal Miner | 17 |
Farm Labourer | 15 |
General Domestic Servant | 14 |
House Keeper | 14 |
Charwoman | 13 |
Servant | 11 |
Gardener | 10 |
No Occupation | 9 |
Painter | 9 |
Carman | 8 |
None | 8 |
Tailor | 8 |
Tailoress | 8 |
General Servant Domestic | 8 |
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 |