Booking Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Scotland

Booking Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bocking,' a parish in Essex, near Braintree.

Reginald de Boeking, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter de Bockyng, or Bockinges, Gloucestershire, ibid.

Robert de Bocking, London, ibid.

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Booking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Booking (70) may also be a first name.

Booking Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Bocking,' a parish in Essex, near Braintree.

Reginald de Boeking, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter de Bockyng, or Bockinges, Gloucestershire, ibid.

Robert de Bocking, London, ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Booking Last Name Facts

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

Booking is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Booking? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Booking are found; 50 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,162,016th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 70 people.

The surname Booking is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 17,659,586. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Songkhla Province, where 100 percent live. Besides Thailand this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 38 percent live and Wales, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boking92120/
Bocking861,268/
Bokings86215/
Bokking8690/
Bouking8627/
Bogking8616/
Bokieng8616/
Boyking8612/
Buoking865/
Boeking861/
Bodking861/
Botking860/
Bokng831/
Boecking80242/
Boukieng8017/
Bodkings800/
Baking771,607/
Buking77334/
Bokeng77312/
Bocing77104/
Boqing772/
Büking771/
Voking771/
Bookimgth751/
Bücking71909/
Bucking71207/
Vocking71169/
Boukeng71163/
Boquing7163/
Backing7157/
Bagking7137/
Bugking7130/
Bakking7121/
Vouking717/
Bokyong715/
Bauking712/
Boching712/
Bakiong712/
Bocuing711/
Badking711/
Vookeng711/
Boucing711/
Budking711/
Butking711/
Bakingue67181/
Bokengue67126/
Bushking675/
Bukng672/
Bouching672/
Bashking672/
Beusking671/
Buckingh671/
Baskings670/
Buisking670/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Booking
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