Boey

Boey Meaning & Origin

About Boey
The surname Boey is of Chinese origin and is commonly found among the Hakka people. It is derived from the Chinese character "蔡" (Cài), which is pronounced as "Choi" in Cantonese. The name is associated with the Hakka clan name "Choi" and signifies a person's ancestral connection to the Choi clan. The surname Boey is predominantly found in southern China and Southeast Asia, particularly in countries like Malaysia and Singapore, where many Hakka people migrated to during ancient times.

🌍 Origin
📏 Surname Length
💬 Number of Syllables
🔠 Starting Letter
Discover Your Ancestry with 23andMe Logo

Discover Your Ancestry with 23andMe

Explore your ancestry and health insights with exclusive savings.

Save 15%-60% this holiday season

Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

The surname Boey is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:

  • Number of People with the name Boey: 195
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 93,921
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.07

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Boey based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.

Ranking information for the surname Boey is not currently available.

Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
P
🗽 NYSIIS
BA
🔊 Soundex
B000
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
B OW1 IY0
🌐 IPA
/boey*/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('P', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
B000

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Boey in Braille

Here's how to represent Boey in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.

The name Boey in braille

How to sign the name Boey using Sign Language

The image below shows how you can spell Boey using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.

The name Boey in sign language

Numerology