Bosanko Surname

457,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Bosanko Surname Definition:

Pierre Bosanquet of Lunel in Languedoc, at the period of the Rev. of the Edict of Nantes, had seven children, two of whom, John and David, sought refuge in England, and from the latter the various English branches are descended. The name is local, and it was formerly prefixed with 'De.

Bosanko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3501:1,035,59775,973
England1551:359,47125,733
Wales1091:28,3902,914
Australia801:337,44628,659
Israel171:503,39037,521
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1391:175,36214,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Bosanko Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Pierre Bosanquet of Lunel in Languedoc, at the period of the Rev. of the Edict of Nantes, had seven children, two of whom, John and David, sought refuge in England, and from the latter the various English branches are descended. The name is local, and it was formerly prefixed with 'De.'

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From bos-aucou, the house of grief or sorrow. Lower suggests that this name is of French origin. He says, "Pierre Bosanquet, of Lunel in Languedoc, at the period of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, had seven children, two of whom, John and David, sought refuge in England, and from the latter the various English branches are descended. The name is local, and was formerly prefixed with De." This may be so, and still the family may have been originally from Cornwall.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Bosanko Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bosanko (Russian: Босанько) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bosanko.

How Common Is The Last Name Bosanko? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bosanko is the 457,199th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 9,848,035 people. The last name Bosanko occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Bosanko live; 46 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Bosanko is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 350 people, or 1 in 1,035,597. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 16 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Wisconsin, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States Bosanko occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent live and Wales, where 15 percent live.

Bosanko Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bosanko has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bosanko last name expanded 1,061 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 112 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bosanko Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bosanko surname are 1.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.9% registered to vote for the party.

Bosanko earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.4% more than the national average, earning $44,185 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bosanko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bosanko in the Russian language
Босанькоbosanko-

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