Boissevain Surname

775,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Boissevain Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boissevain Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1201:3,020,491176,226
Netherlands1131:149,44422,442
Australia381:710,41347,396
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
England271:2,063,63279,942
Wales191:162,87011,152
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
France21:33,211,361423,184
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Boissevain Last Name Facts

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

The surname Boissevain is most common in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Boissevain? popularity and diffusion

Boissevain is the 775,315th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. The surname Boissevain is predominantly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Boissevain are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 3,020,491. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 26 percent are found, Texas, where 14 percent are found and Connecticut, where 13 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 31 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Boissevain Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Boissevain are 14.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 68.18% registered with the political party.

The amount Boissevain earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 62.4% more than the national average, earning $70,074 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.72% less than the national average, earning $46,843 CAD 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
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  • 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 Boissevain
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