Bomester Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Bomester Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bomester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Bomešter (2) are calculated separately.

Bomester Last Name Facts

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

Bomester is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Bomešter. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bomester? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bomester is the 2,808,717th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bomester live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 1,177,776. In South Africa Bomester is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 100 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Bomester Last Name Statistics demography

Bomester earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22% less than the national average, earning R 185,364 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 Bomester
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