Bose Surname
Approximately 205,607 people bear this surname
Bose Surname Definition:
A Cornish surname. The Boases of Dundee were of Cornish origin. The names are variants of Bowes.
Read More About This SurnameBose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 162,612 | 1:4,717 | 426 |
| Bangladesh | 16,492 | 1:9,663 | 812 |
| United States | 4,718 | 1:76,825 | 8,796 |
| Nigeria | 4,390 | 1:40,351 | 3,213 |
| Philippines | 1,827 | 1:55,412 | 9,251 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,801 | 1:5,087 | 637 |
| Oman | 1,774 | 1:2,079 | 303 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Germany | 1,242 | 1:64,819 | 8,309 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,193 | 1:25,864 | 3,689 |
| England | 1,133 | 1:49,177 | 6,125 |
| Egypt | 610 | 1:150,714 | 11,610 |
| Israel | 604 | 1:14,168 | 2,147 |
| Fiji | 597 | 1:1,498 | 200 |
| Canada | 515 | 1:71,545 | 8,161 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Indonesia | 344 | 1:384,445 | 32,798 |
| Kuwait | 337 | 1:11,278 | 1,556 |
| Qatar | 321 | 1:7,346 | 795 |
| Singapore | 295 | 1:18,670 | 763 |
| Australia | 281 | 1:96,070 | 10,909 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Bahrain | 264 | 1:5,108 | 938 |
| Botswana | 226 | 1:9,677 | 1,775 |
| Thailand | 212 | 1:333,200 | 57,566 |
| Malaysia | 184 | 1:160,295 | 9,877 |
| Brazil | 142 | 1:1,507,566 | 50,366 |
| Cameroon | 141 | 1:147,298 | 16,269 |
| Solomon Islands | 131 | 1:4,428 | 552 |
| Hong Kong | 127 | 1:57,760 | 1,031 |
| South Africa | 106 | 1:511,110 | 41,270 |
| Papua New Guinea | 102 | 1:79,938 | 10,532 |
| Italy | 83 | 1:736,828 | 61,221 |
| New Zealand | 82 | 1:55,223 | 8,747 |
| Switzerland | 69 | 1:119,028 | 12,127 |
| Argentina | 49 | 1:872,315 | 56,573 |
| Scotland | 47 | 1:113,911 | 7,445 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| Russia | 23 | 1:6,266,220 | 254,708 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:134,545 | 9,804 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Guyana | 14 | 1:54,444 | 4,775 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1:136,398 | 7,940 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Maldives | 6 | 1:67,362 | 2,983 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 101 | 1:241,340 | 17,803 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 475 | 1:105,724 | 10,630 |
The alternate forms: Böse (6,158), Bosè (3) & Bosé (3) are calculated separately.
Bose (185,230) may also be a first name.
Bose Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Cornish surname. The Boases of Dundee were of Cornish origin. The names are variants of Bowes.
(Dutch, German) Dweller in, or near, the woods; the quarrelsome man.
User-submitted Reference
Basu or Bose is a term for Hindu God Vishnu, meaning 'dwelling in all forms'.
- patriciabasuThe surname Bose or Basu means 'sitting' in India.
- ampm_32i.Bose Demographics
Average Male Bose Height
171.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bose Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bose (Bengali: বসু, Hindi: बोस, Marathi: बोस, Oriya: େବାଷ, Russian: Босье) is found most frequently in India. It may occur in the variant forms: Böse, Bosè or Bosé. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bose? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bose is the 2,713th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 35,444 people. The last name Bose is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Bose are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 5,667th most common first name internationally, held by 185,230 people.
This last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 162,612 people, or 1 in 4,717. In India Bose is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 85 percent reside, Jharkhand, where 4 percent reside and Delhi, where 2 percent reside. Barring India this surname is found in 112 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Bose Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bose has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 993 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,122 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 400 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bose Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (76%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Bose last name are 7.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.79% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bose earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 3.77% less than the national average, earning 333,023 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 4.97% more than the national average, earning R 249,444 per year; in United States they earn 16.17% more than the national average, earning $50,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.53% more than the national average, earning $63,856 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bose Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bose in the Oriya language | ||
| େବାଷ | ebasa | 94.72 |
| େବାସ | ebasa | 2.99 |
| େବାଷ୍ | ebas | 2.11 |
| ସୋଷ | sosa | 0.18 |
| Bose in the Hindi language | ||
| बोस | bosa | 93.93 |
| बोसे | bose | 4.49 |
| बोष | bosa | 1.06 |
| वोस | vosa | 0.53 |
| Bose in the Marathi language | ||
| बोस | bosa | 68.97 |
| बोसे | bose | 28.35 |
| भोसे | bhose | 1.34 |
| बॉस | bosa | 0.19 |
| Bose in the Bengali language | ||
| বসু | basu | 67.61 |
| বোস | bosa | 32.39 |
| Bose in the Russian language | ||
| Босье | bose | - |
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