Bossow Surname

510,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Bossow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bossow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2311:348,50833,871
United States2171:1,670,318111,195
Denmark1521:37,1363,864
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Bössow (237) are calculated separately.

Bossow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bossow is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Bössow. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bossow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 510,931st most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 11,386,790 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Bossow reside; 36 percent reside in Western Europe and 36 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 348,508. In Germany it is most numerous in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 47 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent reside and Denmark, where 24 percent reside.

Bossow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bossow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bossow surname rose 4,340 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bossow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bossow last name are 31.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 78% being registered to vote for the party.

Bossow earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.88% more than the national average, earning $44,825 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bössow94237/
Bossouw9237/
Boessow9233/
Bosow912/
Bossouwe863/
Boussouw862/
Bosshowe860/
Büssow83276/
Bessow83138/
Bassow83119/
Bussow8374/
Bosowa8366/
Bossov8360/
Boshow8311/
Bossof835/
Bosowe831/
Bossaw830/
Boussof77625/
Bassowa77429/
Bessouw77388/
Bossova7721/
Bossoff7712/
Boshowe774/
Bossouf773/
Bosshof772/
Boissov771/
Bossauw771/
Boessaw771/
Bossoib771/
Bothsow770/
Boyshow770/
Bosov731,435/
Bosaw73174/
Basow73114/
Busow7334/
Bosof733/
Bosob733/
Bozow731/
Besow730/
Boussouf718,340/
Boussauw71131/
Busschow716/
Boeschow712/
Boshowss711/
Woshshow711/
Boussawe711/
Bosshoff711/
Boussoub711/
Bassaw673,446/
Bosova671,536/
Bochow67915/
Bashow67477/
Besouw67271/
Boshaw67197/
Boysaw67155/
Boshof67149/
Basowa67139/
Bassov67118/
Busowa6763/
Botsov6753/
Busouw6746/
Boisov6736/
Bussov6728/
Basowe6722/
Boshov6722/
Bosawe6722/
Bessov6720/
Bessaw6716/
Bassob6714/
Bosoev6712/
Wosowa6710/
Batsow676/
Bosoib676/
Bussob674/
Bassof673/
Beshow673/
Bushow672/
Bausow672/
Bosovs672/
Bodsof672/
Boysov672/
Boosov672/
Bosoff672/
Bousaw671/
Wassow671/
Boussoufe671/
Bojzow671/
Bousof671/
Bassów671/
Boozaw670/
Bussaw670/

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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 Bossow
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