Boiano is a surname.
Bojano is a variant written with a j, instead of an i. Anyway in Italian there is no difference because the pronunciation is the same.

Even if it’s similar to other surnames, Boiano has a well defined history.
It origined from Molise, an Italian region, and more precisely from Bojano village, in Campobasso province.

The Bojano surname is not so widespread in Italy. It is concentrated above all in the Campania region, in those villages in the Matese Massif which belong to Caserta province.

This fact demonstrates the very close connection between the Bojano surname and the Bojano village. During the past times, people who lived in Bojano moved in the Matese mountains and here they took root, particularly in the village of San Gregorio Matese.With time the reference to the origin has vanished. So if at the beginning people said “Antonio who comes from Bojano” later they said “Antonio from Bojano” up to “Antonio Bojano”.

In the old registers, the Bojano surname is always written with a j according both to the ancient way of writing and to the grammar rule requiring a j between two vowels.
With time this rule has disappeared, in fact at the beginning of the twentieth century there were many Boianos with a normal i. Anyway the origin is the same and this is proved by the name of Bojano village still written with a j.

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