Bosah Surname
Approximately 1,052 people bear this surname
Bosah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 852 | 1:207,914 | 12,386 |
| United States | 76 | 1:4,769,196 | 247,034 |
| England | 62 | 1:898,678 | 46,462 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Bosah (160) may also be a first name.
Bosah Demographics
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Bosah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bosah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bosah (Arabic: بوسه) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bosah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bosah is the 347,450th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 6,927,325 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Bosah reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bosah is also the 725,185th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 160 people.
Bosah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 852 people, or 1 in 207,914. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 24 percent live, Delta, where 15 percent live and Enugu, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria Bosah is found in 19 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.
Bosah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bosah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bosah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bosah surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the party.
Bosah earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.13% less than the national average, earning $35,327 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bosah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bosah in the Arabic language | ||
| بوسه | bwsh | - |
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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 Bosah
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