Booysen Surname
Approximately 53,764 people bear this surname
Booysen Surname Definition:
“Son of Boye” (Bowman).
Booysen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 52,009 | 1:1,042 | 96 |
| Namibia | 1,020 | 1:2,362 | 359 |
| England | 175 | 1:318,389 | 23,763 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Australia | 99 | 1:272,684 | 24,601 |
| United States | 77 | 1:4,707,259 | 244,676 |
| New Zealand | 54 | 1:83,858 | 11,975 |
| Zimbabwe | 41 | 1:376,542 | 34,729 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
Booysen (549) may also be a first name.
Booysen Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Son of Boye” (Bowman).
Booysen Demographics
Average Booysen Salary in
United States
$47,781 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Booysen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Booysen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Booysen is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Booysen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,459th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 135,547 people. The last name Booysen occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Booysen reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 359,531st most frequent given name at a global level, held by 549 people.
The surname Booysen is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 52,009 people, or 1 in 1,042. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 39 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 17 percent are found and Gauteng, where 15 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 41 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Booysen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Booysen last name are 11.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.33% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Booysen earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 11.5% less than the national average, earning R 210,312 per year; in United States they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $47,781 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.49% less than the national average, earning $46,955 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Booysen
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis