Find out how popular the last name Boado is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Boado.

Boado, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Boado surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Boado in America

Boado is the 49461st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Boado surname appeared 425 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Boado.

We can also compare 2010 data for Boado to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Boado

The surname Boado is believed to have originated in the northwestern region of Spain, specifically in Galicia. It is thought to derive from the Galician and Portuguese word "boado," which means "pasture" or "grazing land." This suggests that the name may have been associated with those who lived or worked in pastoral areas or owned land suitable for livestock grazing.

The earliest known record of the surname Boado dates back to the 12th century. In a document from the year 1157, a certain Fernán Boado is mentioned as a witness to a land transaction in the town of Ribadavia, located in the Galician province of Ourense.

During the medieval period, the Boado surname appeared in various historical records and manuscripts related to the kingdom of Galicia and the neighboring regions of northern Portugal. For instance, in the 14th century, a nobleman named Rui Boado is mentioned in the chronicles of the Galician town of Tui.

One of the earliest known bearers of the Boado surname was Pedro Boado, a notable figure in the 15th century who served as a magistrate in the city of Santiago de Compostela, the capital of Galicia. His son, Juan Boado, followed in his footsteps and became a prominent lawyer and judge in the same city during the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

In the 16th century, the Boado surname gained further recognition with the exploits of Álvaro Boado, a Spanish explorer and navigator who participated in several expeditions to the Americas. He was born in the town of Pontevedra, Galicia, in 1520 and is believed to have died during an expedition to the Caribbean in the late 1500s.

Another notable figure bearing the Boado surname was Rodrigo Boado, a Galician playwright and poet who lived in the 17th century. He is best known for his comedy "La Vida es Sueño" (Life is a Dream), which was a popular work in its time and is still studied by scholars of Spanish literature.

As the Boado family dispersed from their ancestral homeland in Galicia, the surname spread to other parts of Spain and eventually to various regions of the Americas, particularly during the Spanish colonial era. However, the highest concentrations of individuals with the Boado surname continue to be found in the northwestern regions of Spain and in areas of Latin America with strong historical ties to Galician migration.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Boado

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Boado.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Boado was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Boado has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Boado was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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