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 found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bossian click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bossian? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,255,512th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 46 percent of Bossian live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 516,683rd most widely held first name on earth It is held by 292 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 640,868. In The Ivory Coast Bossian is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 53 percent reside, Zanzan District, where 25 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 14 percent reside. Barring The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 37 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Bossian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bossian has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bossian last name grew 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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