Bossian Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Bossian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bossian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast361:640,86818,598
France261:2,554,720189,486
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bossian (292) may also be a first name.

Bossian Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bossian is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bossian? popularity and diffusion

Bossian is the 2,255,512th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 46 percent of Bossian reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bossian is also the 516,683rd most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 292 people.

This last name is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 640,868. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 53 percent reside, Zanzan District, where 25 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 14 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 37 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Bossian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bossian has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bossian surname expanded 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Bossian
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