Boissau Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Boissau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 116 | 1:572,610 | 77,014 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Boissau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boissau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boissau is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boissau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,683,218th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Boissau live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 572,610. In France it is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 47 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 25 percent are found and Centre-Val de Loire, where 16 percent are found. Besides France Boissau is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Boissau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Boissau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Boissau surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Boissau
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