Bostan Surname
Approximately 49,677 people bear this surname
Bostan Surname User-submission:
Bostan is a Turkish surname, meaning 'orchard'. It's root word boustan is of Arabic origin, which was then adopted into Persian and Turkish. Words of the same origin exist in Armenian and Serbian.
At least one family in Turkey, who were water melon growers in Kayseri, were given this surname from Sultan Hamid in the late 19th century.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 18,764 | 1:4,147 | 591 |
| Afghanistan | 9,956 | 1:3,230 | 342 |
| Romania | 6,288 | 1:3,193 | 423 |
| Iran | 5,452 | 1:14,083 | 1,855 |
| Moldova | 3,645 | 1:977 | 67 |
| Pakistan | 1,850 | 1:96,564 | 3,132 |
| Egypt | 610 | 1:150,714 | 11,610 |
| England | 515 | 1:108,190 | 11,258 |
| Ukraine | 424 | 1:107,365 | 15,337 |
| Russia | 410 | 1:351,520 | 34,823 |
| France | 247 | 1:268,918 | 41,433 |
| Kazakhstan | 201 | 1:87,973 | 10,110 |
| Belgium | 171 | 1:67,232 | 10,768 |
| Germany | 162 | 1:496,947 | 42,561 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Spain | 139 | 1:336,346 | 19,522 |
| United States | 93 | 1:3,897,408 | 212,857 |
| Canada | 62 | 1:594,284 | 49,093 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Belarus | 51 | 1:186,295 | 24,218 |
| Transnistria | 44 | 1:10,789 | 2,147 |
| Italy | 41 | 1:1,491,627 | 80,856 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Austria | 25 | 1:340,617 | 36,996 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 1:675,487 | 54,943 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Northern Ireland | 16 | 1:115,315 | 6,804 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Greece | 10 | 1:1,107,979 | 84,839 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 | 1:392,934 | 13,307 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Bostan (6,839) may also be a first name.
Bostan Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Bostan is a Turkish surname, meaning 'orchard'. It's root word boustan is of Arabic origin, which was then adopted into Persian and Turkish. Words of the same origin exist in Armenian and Serbian.
At least one family in Turkey, who were water melon growers in Kayseri, were given this surname from Sultan Hamid in the late 19th century.
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Bostan Religious Adherence
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Bostan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bostan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bostan (Arabic: بوستان, Hindi: बोस्तान, Marathi: तान, Russian: Бостан) is found most in Turkey. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bostan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,310th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 146,699 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Bostan are found; 35 percent are found in South Asia and 35 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Bostan is also the 78,782nd most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 6,839 people.
The surname Bostan is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 18,764 people, or 1 in 4,147. In Turkey Bostan is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 20 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 13 percent are found and Trabzon Province, where 6 percent are found. Besides Turkey this last name exists in 74 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 20 percent are found and Romania, where 13 percent are found.
Bostan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bostan has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Bostan surname rose 51,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 1,329 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bostan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (81%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (73%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Bostan last name are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% registered with the political party.
The amount Bostan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 87.17% less than the national average, earning €3,852 per year; in South Africa they earn 42.3% less than the national average, earning R 137,124 per year; in United States they earn 36.27% more than the national average, earning $58,799 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.79% less than the national average, earning $46,312 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bostan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bostan in the Marathi language | ||
| तान | tana | 85.71 |
| टन | tana | 14.29 |
| Bostan in the Hindi language | ||
| बोस्तान | bostana | 58.82 |
| बोस्टन | bostana | 29.41 |
| बोसतां | bosatam | 5.88 |
| बोस्तां | bostam | 5.88 |
| Bostan in the Russian language | ||
| Бостан | bostan | - |
| Bostan in the Arabic language | ||
| بوستان | bwstan | - |
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