Boyd Family History
Boyd Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the island of Bute in the Firth of
Clyde, the Gaelic name of which is Bód (genitive
Bóid).
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Name Distribution of Boyd Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Boyd families
 865 - 1,728  289 - 864 |
 1 - 288  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Boyd families
|
544 - 1,086 182 - 543 |
1 - 181 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Boyd families
|
1,245 - 2,488 416 - 1,244 |
1 - 415 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Boyd census records
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Boyd Family Origin
Boyd Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Boyd
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Boyd Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Boyd Civil War Service Records
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