Bogosi Surname
Approximately 1,631 people bear this surname
Bogosi Surname User-submission:
Bogosi means 'chieftainship', 'leader or head of a group', especially of a clan or tribe. .
Bogosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 870 | 1:62,273 | 7,841 |
| Botswana | 656 | 1:3,334 | 447 |
| Romania | 41 | 1:489,704 | 37,604 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Hungary | 25 | 1:392,651 | 27,081 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Bogosi (1,068) may also be a first name.
Bogosi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Bogosi means 'chieftainship', 'leader or head of a group', especially of a clan or tribe. .
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Average Bogosi Salary in
South Africa
R 155,772
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Bogosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bogosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bogosi is most common in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bogosi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bogosi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 244,303rd most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,468,146 people. The surname Bogosi occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bogosi reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 244,750th most numerous given name in the world, held by 1,068 people.
This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 870 people, or 1 in 62,273. In South Africa Bogosi is primarily found in: North West, where 69 percent live, Gauteng, where 15 percent live and Northern Cape, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 40 percent live and Romania, where 3 percent live.
Bogosi Last Name Statistics demography
Bogosi earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.45% less than the national average, earning R 155,772 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
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