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Early Origins of the Bofill family

The surname Bofill was first found in Limousin, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor at Beaupoil in Limousin. The family were well established in the region of Limoge and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Bofill family

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Bofill Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bofill, Beaufil, Beaufille, Beauville, Boville and many more.

Early Notables of the Bofill family

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Bofill migration to the United States +



Bofill Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Jose Bofill, aged 42, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1817 1
  • Luis Bofill, aged 22, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1826 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Bofill (post 1700) +

  • Angela Tomasa Bofill (1954-2024), American singer-songwriter of Cuban-Puerto Rican origins
  • Camil Bofill (b. 1957), Spanish Catalan painter and sculptor
  • Anna Bofill Leví (b. 1944), Catalan Spanish pianist, architect and composer
  • Ricardo Bofill Leví (1939-2022), Spanish architect, founder of Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura in 1963 and developed it into a leading international architectural and urban design practice


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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