Boak Family History
Boak Name Meaning
Scottish: perhaps a habitational name from Boak in the parish of
Kirkcolm, or a topographic name from the dialect word boak
‘ridge (as a boundary)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Boak
Name Distribution of Boak Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Boak families
 16 - 30  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Boak families
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28 - 53 10 - 27 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Boak families
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19 - 36 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Boak census records
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Boak Family Origin
Boak Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Boak
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Boak Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Boak Civil War Service Records
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