Boafo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Amoako Boafo (born 1984), Ghanaian painter and visual artist John Boafo, Ghanaian rower Kwabena Boafo (born 1977), Ghanaian footballer Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade (1927–2013), Ghanaian judge Paul Boafo, Ghanaian theologian and minister