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Position:Home>Genealogy> Is the Last Name Boich Considered French??Question:My dad told me that my last name is Boich could is be french bc i am not possibly sure Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: My dad told me that my last name is Boich could is be french bc i am not possibly sure Most of the people on http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f... named Boich are Scots, Brits and Germans. If your dad married a Chinese lady, Boich is now Eurasian, at least in your case. The only way to trace your ancestors is to trace them; surnames are clues as ephemeral as morning mist. People lie, mis-spell, anglicize, marry women from across the border (or from across the ocean), move and otherwise obscure the trail for their descendants. Yes, it shows up in several of the French and Dutch databases. It's also German. Here's the cursory overview from GeneaNet, France's major database system. You'll notice it's not even isolated to one province. It's found in several provinces and into the neighboring countries as well. After looking at the records, it appears it was originally a Low German/Dutch name that was introduced into France and Germany. So it's probably more accurate to call it a Dutch name in France...i.e. the name was Dutch, but the people were very much French. von Boich 1 Germany BOICH 1618 1618 1 France BOICH 1 France Boich, van 10 Netherlands BOICH 1796 1796 1 United States BOICH 1796 1796 1 United States Boich 1 United States Boich 1988 1989 2 United States Boich 1928 1942 2 Undetermined country BOICH deces 1738 1738 1 SERVIERES LE CHATEAU Corrèze Limousin France DU BOICH naissance 1653 1653 1 CAZèRES Haute Garonne Midi-Pyrénées France BOICH d 1776 1800 1 Cervon Nièvre Bourgogne France BOICH m 1801 1825 1 Corbigny Nièvre Bourgogne France |