Bogason Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Bogason Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bogason Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland1211:3,141448
Denmark291:194,64516,083
Faroe Islands51:9,800861
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Bogason (36) may also be a first name.

Bogason Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bogason Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bogason is carried by more people in Iceland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bogason? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,328,442nd most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name Bogason occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Bogason are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 95 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 36 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Iceland, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 3,141. In Iceland it is most prevalent in: Capital Region, where 84 percent are found, Southern Region, where 6 percent are found and Western Region, where 5 percent are found. Other than Iceland this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 17 percent are found and The Faroe Islands, where 3 percent are found.

Bogason Last Name Statistics demography

Bogason earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 2.14% less than the national average, earning 338,659 kr per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bogason
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